# NTSB DCA13WA005: Boeing 737, Glasgow, United Kingdom, October 19, 2012

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: October 19, 2012, 06:55 local (06:55 UTC)
- Place: Glasgow, United Kingdom
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff-rejected takeoff: Fire/smoke (non-impact)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/150)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 189 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 85371
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA13WA005
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/85371/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA13WA005

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Takeoff-rejected takeoff: Fire/smoke (non-impact)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/150) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 504 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/150/sequence.md)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737 (804)
- Serial number: 28229
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Part 129
- Operator: Jet2.com

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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