DJ402 Pan Pan Call

[Matthew W]

DJ402 declared a Pan Pan this morning and was given priority landing clearance on runway 16R. Pilot reported smoke in the cockpit and cabin. After landing aircraft was escorted back to the terminal by 3 fire trucks. If not mistaken the flight departed Sydney for Adelaide and was forced to return.

The flight was operated by VH-VUF (737-800)

[Jayden Laing]

Interesting. Have they found a cause for the smoke yet?

[Marty H]

Cant be too bad said aircraft is ferrying to MEL and then operating a flight to OOL this arvo.

[Greg F]

good to see this missed the media......... again!
if it were JQ/QF would have been national headlines

[Karl M]

Originally Posted by Greg F

good to see this missed the media......... again!
if it were JQ/QF would have been national headlines

Yeh, why the hell this is not reported beats me!

[Mark Howarth]

Are you sure its Smoke in the Cockpit..... last I heard it was a "smell", would that be a newsworthy article then?

Greg/Karl
At the end of the day, it’s the editors/producers who determine if the event is newsworthy, not which Airline!

Cheers
Mark

[Philip Argy]

Would you call a PAN PAN just for a smell?

[Phil M]

A smell could mean something is burning, and there is no time to get up and have a look. Better safe than sorry.

[Nick W.]

bad curry.

they did the right thing.

[Craig Lindsay]

Id prefere them to land than to keep going if there was smoke or a smell.Did any circuit breakers trip at all