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| Date: | Thursday 12 August 1999 |
| Time: | 11:55 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-5L9 |
| Owner/operator: | Maersk Air UK |
| Registration: | G-MSKB |
| MSN: | 24928/1961 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1990 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 46 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Incident |
| Location: | Genève-Cointrin Airport (GVA/LSGG) -
 Switzerland
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | EGBB |
| Genève-Cointrin Airport (GVA/LSGG) | |
| Investigating agency: | BFU Switz. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Saturday, 7 August 1999, Flight British Airways 8412 from Birmingham to Geneva (operated by Maersk Air UK) was initiating the descent from FL370 towards the destination airport when the cabin crew recognized smoke and an acrid smell in the cabin. The commander issued a pan-pan-pan message and started a rapid descent. 12 minutes later the aircraft was landed uneventfully on runway 23 in Geneva. The 40 passengers and the crew evacuated the aircraft via the forward passenger door over the inflated slide. Nobody was injured and no damage resulted to the aircraft.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://www.bfu.admin.ch/common/pdf/1710.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Jan-2011 13:56 | Alpine Flight | Added |
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