McDonnell Douglas MD-82 I-SMEB

Summary

On 3 January 2010 at about 14:30 local time, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82 registered I-SMEB was involved in an incident near Turin Airport, Italy. The number of people on board was not recorded. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

3 January 2010 at 14:30

Classification

Incident

Location

Turin Airport, Italy

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

McDonnell Douglas MD-82

Registration

I-SMEB

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 129: Foreign

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Minor

NTSB number

ENG10WA012

Injuries not recorded.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

On January 3, 2010, about 1430 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), the pilots of Meridiana Airlines flight 193, a Boeing MD-80, I-SMEB,reported a smell similar to burning plastic while on the ground with the APU running at the Turin-Caselle Airport, Torino, Italy. No evacuation was conducted, and there were no reported injuries to the 6 crew members. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Agenzia nazionale per la sicurezza del volo (ANSV), Italy. Further information pertaining to this incident may be obtained on their web site at www.ansv.it/En/Index.asp. This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information obtained for, or released by, the ANSV.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.