# Incident 20060206002709I: Boeing 777*, Boston, MA, February 6, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 6, 2006, 20:07 local time
- Place: Boston, MA
- Airport: General Edward Lawrence Logan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
- Operator: BRAF
- Location: 42.3629° N, 71.0064° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GENERAL EDWARD LAWRENCE LOGAN INTL (BOS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3629&lon=-71.0064&mi=10
- Aircraft: GVIIW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 777*
- People aboard: 141
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,628 total, 272 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060206002709I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-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.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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