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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 777* · Boston, MA · February 6, 2006

Date
February 6, 2006 · 20:07 local
Place
Boston, MA
Airport
General Edward Lawrence Logan
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
Operator
BRAF
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
GVIIW
Reported as
Boeing 777*
People aboard
141
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,628 total272 in this make and model28 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

(-23) privacy data omitted a british airways B-777 departed newark (kewr) for heathrow, london, uk (egll) on 02/06/06. 75 miles east of bos the flight crew heard a loud bang, felt vibration and smoke entered the cockpit. The flight crew donned oxygen masks and diverted to bos. The pilot reported that smoke permeated the forward part of the cabin area. Passenger oxygen was not activated. The airplane made an uneventful landing on runway 22L at 2033 local time at bos and stopped. No evacuation was initiated. Massport fire conducted a heat scan of the airplane with negative results. The airplane taxied to terminal e gate 7A. Massport fire conducted an additional heat scan and the results were again negative. The passengers and crew deplaned using the jetbridge. There were no injuries. The left pack (pneumatic air conditioning kit) acm (air cyclic machine) had failed. An overweight landing inspection has been performed.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ A BRITISH AIRWAYS B-777 DEPARTED NEWARK (KEWR) FOR HEATHROW, LONDON, UK (EGLL) ON 02/06/06. 75 MILES EAST OF BOS THE FLIGHT CREW HEARD A LOUD BANG, FELT VIBRATION AND SMOKE ENTERED THE COCKPIT. THE FLIGHT CREW DONNED OXYGEN MASKS AND DIVERTED TO BOS. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT SMOKE PERMEATED THE FORWARD PART OF THE CABIN AREA. PASSENGER OXYGEN WAS NOT ACTIVATED. THE AIRPLANE MADE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING ON RUNWAY 22L AT 2033 LOCAL TIME AT BOS AND STOPPED. NO EVACUATION WAS INITIATED. MASSPORT FIRE CONDUCTED A HEAT SCAN OF THE AIRPLANE WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS. THE AIRPLANE TAXIED TO TERMINAL E GATE 7A. MASSPORT FIRE CONDUCTED AN ADDITIONAL HEAT SCAN AND THE RESULTS WERE AGAIN NEGATIVE. THE PASSENGERS AND CREW DEPLANED USING THE JETBRIDGE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE LEFT PACK (PNEUMATIC AIR CONDITIONING KIT) ACM (AIR CYCLIC MACHINE) HAD FAILED. AN OVERWEIGHT LANDING INSPECTION HAS BEEN PERFORMED.