Originally Posted by
Mooncrest
I believe Air Europe had a spotless safety record.
There was only one serious incident that could have been more unpleasant (thankfully not) was an Air Europe Fokker 100 PH-ZCL Dec 1989 that experienced dense flight deck smoke when landing in Copenhagen. It took off from Copenhagen to Gatwick and suffered a flight deck fire, necessitating an immediate return to Kastrup Airport. None of the 88 occupants (seven crew and 81 passengers) were harmed by the fire that had started behind the co-pilot's seat. The aircraft needed to be taken out of service and was sent for repairs elsewhere in the Netherlands. It re-entered service on 22 June 1990.
It's weird they entered servcie with AE when I was there - they got 2 new ones (unwanted by KLM) and 2 ordered for AE.
Whenever you went on board, apart from the new aeroplane smell you could always smell a sort of electrical burning. Funny that.