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Service difficulty report · Unknown · Airbus A330243

Difficulty date: March 4, 2015
Submitted: March 16, 2015
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N282AY
Make and model: Airbus A330243
Aircraft serial: 1069
Aircraft time: 22,481 hours, 3,219 cycles
System (JASC): 2120 · Air Distribution System
Part: Unknown
Condition: Odor
Location: Cockpit
Stage of operation: CL
How discovered: O
Nature of condition: B
Precautionary procedure: O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

FLIGHT 1728, AFTER TAKEOFF CABIN & COCKPIT CREW HAD UNUSUAL ODOR COMING FROM CABIN & COCKPIT, SEEMED TO SUBSIDE IN CABIN WHILE IN CRUISE, BUT REMAINED SOMEWHAT STRONG IN THE COCKPIT. THE FLIGHT CREW WENT ON OXYGEN, WHILE IN DESCENT STRONG ODOR RETURNED AGAIN TO CABIN. MAINTENANCE RAN BOTH THE LEFT AND RIGHT ENGINE WITH NO ODOR DETECTED.

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