- Date
- October 19, 2012, 06:55 local (06:55 UTC)
- Place
- Glasgow, United Kingdom
- Injuries
- 189 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- G-GDFJBoeing 737
- Defining event
- Takeoff-rejected takeoff: Fire/smoke (non-impact)
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 85371
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Factual narrative
On October 19, 2012, at 0655 UTC time, a Boeing 737-800, registration G-GDFJ, operated by Jet2.com as a scheduled passenger flight LS177 between Glasgow, Scotland and Alicante, Spain, rejected the takeoff due to smoke in the cabin. The aircraft stopped on the runway, and the passengers evacuated via the escape slides. Airplane damage is being assessed. There were 189 passengers and crew on board the aircraft, and an unknown number were injured during the evacuation. The investigation is being conducted by the Air Accident Investigation Branch, Department for Transport of the United Kingdom. The NTSB has appointed an Accredited Representative to assist the investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13 as the State of Manufacture and Design, of the airplane, and State of Manufacture of the engines. All requests for information should be directed to: AAIB Farnborough House Berkshire Copse Road Aldershot, Hampshire GU11 2HH, United Kingdom +44(0) 1252 510300
Aircraft
- Registration
- G-GDFJ
- Reported as
- Boeing 737 (804)
- Serial number
- 28229
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 129
- Operator
- Jet2.com