Created Saturday, Sep 30th 2023 15:13Z, last updated Saturday, Sep 30th 2023 15:13Z
An Austrian Airlines Boeing 767-300, registration OE-LAE performing flight
OS-73 from Vienna (Austria) to Montreal,QC (Canada), was enroute at FL360 about 370nm west of Keflavik (Iceland) when the crew decided to turn around and divert to Keflavik reporting an unusual odour on board. The aircraft descended to FL350 and landed safely on Keflavik's runway 10 about an hour later.
The remainder of the flight was cancelled.
The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground in Keflavik for about 20 hours, then returned to Vienna as flight OS-1492.
The airline told Austrianwings the aircraft needed to divert to Keflavik as a precaution following a "Smell Event".
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