Mayday incident Easyjet

[pravg]

Who knows more about the emergency landing of an EasyJet A320 in Newscastle (Flight Edinborough - Hamburg)? Apparently pilots treated in Hospital because of smoke inhilation.

[atakacs]

Local press article

Seems smoke was limited to the cockpit. I guess this one will be formally investigated?

[Heathrow Harry]

I damn well hope so!!!!

[noflynomore]

What makes you think it might not be investigated?

[tonker]

Because it's been going on for years on most types, and aircrew have died for nothing. The CAA will never act on this or FTLs, there's too much money at stake.

[golfbananajam]

@atakacs, please let us NOT confuse fumes (mentioned in the press report you linked to) with smoke (in your post) even if the report does make mention of a burning smell.

[atakacs]

Point taken, although at this stage we don't quite know if it was either...
Is there any "official" definition of those?

[Brian W May]

Presumably you can SEE smoke, but not fumes?

[golfbananajam]

fume
English
Noun

A gas or vapour/vapor that smells strongly or is dangerous to inhale. Fumes are solid particles formed by condensation from the gaseous state, e.g. metal oxides from volatilized metals. They can flocculate and coalesce. Their particle size is between 0.1 and 1 micron. (A micron is one millionth of a metre)

smoke
English
Noun

The visible vapor/vapour, gases, and fine particles given off by burning or smoldering material.


all in all, it's as clear as mud. to my simple mind, smoke is from fires, fumes are from exhausts or chemical reactions but.....................

[lomapaseo]

All well and good description afterwards ..... but what are they to the human sense during the event as "I smell smoke"

[wiggy]

FWIW my better half thinks I'm "nose blind" so it's just as well the appropriate checklist covers both options and is labelled "Smoke/fumes....."

As an aside it's perhaps interesting this thread is so short, if it had been another outfit we'd have been up to page 5, 10 or more by now.....