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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 737 · Cleveland, OH · September 12, 2003

Date: September 12, 2003
Place: Cleveland, OH
Airport: Cleveland-Hopkins International
Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: SWAA
Aircraft: UNKNOWN
Reported as: Boeing 737

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Passenger on swa flight 2306, privacy data omitted went to the rear of the aircraft and smoked a cigarette. This occurred while the aircraft was at the gate, having returned to the gate after a precautionary landing following a birdstrike on departure. privacy data omitted Was advised by crewmember as to the rules of smoking. He complied, was removed from the aircraft, questioned by airport police, and was allowed by airline to reboard the next flight.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PASSENGER ON SWA FLIGHT 2306, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WENT TO THE REAR OF THE AIRCRAFT AND SMOKED A CIGARETTE. THIS OCCURRED WHILE THE AIRCRAFT WAS AT THE GATE, HAVING RETURNED TO THE GATE AFTER A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING FOLLOWING A BIRDSTRIKE ON DEPARTURE. ^PRIVACY D^ WAS ADVISED BY CREWMEMBER AS TO THE RULES OF SMOKING. HE COMPLIED, WAS REMOVED FROM THE AIRCRAFT, QUESTIONED BY AIRPORT POLICE, AND WAS ALLOWED BY AIRLINE TO REBOARD THE NEXT FLIGHT.