Fedex MD11 near Tokyo on Dec 9th 2017, smoke in cockpit
Last Update: December 10, 2017 / 20:05:39 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 9, 2017
Classification
Incident
Cause
Smoke in cockpit
Airline
Fedex
Departure
Anchorage, United States
Destination
Taipei, Taiwan
Aircraft Registration
N618FE
Aircraft Type
McDonnell Douglas MD-11
ICAO Type Designator
MD11
Japan's Ministry of Transport reported the runway was closed for about 4 minutes while emergency services checked the aircraft.
The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground for about 2:40 hours, then continued to Taipei and reached the destination with a total delay of 4:15 hours.
Aircraft Registration Data
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 9, 2017
Classification
Incident
Cause
Smoke in cockpit
Airline
Fedex
Departure
Anchorage, United States
Destination
Taipei, Taiwan
Aircraft Registration
N618FE
Aircraft Type
McDonnell Douglas MD-11
ICAO Type Designator
MD11
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