Service difficulty report · Unknown · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
August 21, 2017
Submitted
August 23, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N637JB
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
2781
Aircraft time
46,978 hours, 15,938 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Odor
Location
Cabin
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
G, A

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

What was found

DIVERTED DUE TO TOXIC FUMES NOTED IN THE BACK OF THE AIRCRAFT. TWO FLIGHT ATTENDANTS NOTICED AN ODOR SIMILAR TO NAIL POLISH REMOVER BUT DIDN'T SEE ANYONE WITH REMOVER. ODOR WAS NOTICED AT FIRST AT ROW 13, THEN AGAIN FAINTLY AT ROW 19. THEN THE FUMES WERE NOTICED AT ROW 25. ATTEMPTED TO ISOLATE THE ODOR BY DEPLOYING THE PASSENGER OXYGEN MASKS; IN IAW TSM 05-50-00-810-831-A, PERFORMED DUAL ENGINE RUN AND APU WITH BLEED WITH BOTH PACKS. NO FOUL ODOR NOTED. COMPLIED WITH INFORMATION NOTICE 2017-T015A SECTION A. AIRCRAFT IS OK FOR SERVICE.

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