Boeing 737 G-GDFJ

Summary

On 19 October 2012 at about 06:55 local time, a Boeing 737 registered G-GDFJ, operated by Jet2.com, was involved in an incident near Glasgow, United Kingdom. 189 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

19 October 2012 at 06:55

Classification

Incident

Location

Glasgow, United Kingdom

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Boeing 737

Registration

G-GDFJ

Operator

Jet2.com

Operating rule

Part 129: Foreign

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Minor

NTSB number

DCA13WA005

Nobody was injured.

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 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

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.