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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 737 · Cleveland, OH · March 21, 2004

Date: March 21, 2004
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
People aboard: 83
Fatal injuries: 0

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) privacy data omitted entered aircraft lavatory after boarding southwest airlines flight #2550 at Cleveland Hopkins airport and smoked a cigarette. The lavatory had a "no smoking" placard and the "no smoking" sign was illuminated. privacy data omitted Was removed from the flight and interviewed by airport police and released. The flight left without him.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA ^ ENTERED AIRCRAFT LAVATORY AFTER BOARDING SOUTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT #2550 AT CLEVELAND HOPKINS AIRPORT AND SMOKED A CIGARETTE. THE LAVATORY HAD A "NO SMOKING" PLACARD AND THE "NO SMOKING" SIGN WAS ILLUMINATED. ^PRIVACY DATA ^ WAS REMOVED FROM THE FLIGHT AND INTERVIEWED BY AIRPORT POLICE AND RELEASED. THE FLIGHT LEFT WITHOUT HIM.