20050318014129I

Incident

FAA incident report · Aircraft · Cleveland, OH · March 18, 2005

Date: March 18, 2005
Place: Cleveland, OH
Airport: Cleveland-Hopkins International
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: CALA
Aircraft: UNKNOWN
People aboard: 112
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) Passenger privacy data omitted smoked in the aircraft lavatory on Continental airlines flight 1504 while on descent into the Cleveland Hopkins airport area, while seatbelt sign was off, but no smoking sign was on. Cabin personel smelled the smoke and confronted individual who admitted to smoking in the lavatory. Police met the flight and person was removed from aircraft for processing without incident.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PASSENGER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SMOKED IN THE AIRCRAFT LAVATORY ON CONTINENTAL AIRLINES FLIGHT 1504 WHILE ON DESCENT INTO THE CLEVELAND HOPKINS AIRPORT AREA, WHILE SEATBELT SIGN WAS OFF, BUT NO SMOKING SIGN WAS ON. CABIN PERSONEL SMELLED THE SMOKE AND CONFRONTED INDIVIDUAL WHO ADMITTED TO SMOKING IN THE LAVATORY. POLICE MET THE FLIGHT AND PERSON WAS REMOVED FROM AIRCRAFT FOR PROCESSING WITHOUT INCIDENT.