Emirates 652 Emergency

MarkR · #1 26th July 2016, 08:11 PM

Diverted to Mumbai after declaring emergency, smoke in the cabin, apparently considered ditching.

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/f...ek652/#a7656f5

Rowan McKeever · #2 27th July 2016, 07:42 AM

http://avherald.com/h?article=49bb786c&opt=0

Ditching would seem quite the overreaction in the circumstances!

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MarkR · #3 27th July 2016, 08:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Rowan McKeever

http://avherald.com/h?article=49bb786c&opt=0

Ditching would seem quite the overreaction in the circumstances!

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I suspect it would have been in the first call to ATC explaining the situation and options, while they undertook more discovery on the cause.