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LX18 - Incident: Swiss A333 at Zurich on Aug 22nd 2023

Created Tuesday, Aug 22nd 2023 17:42Z, last updated Tuesday, Aug 22nd 2023 17:42Z

Zurich Airport
File photo: Zurich Airport.

A Swiss International Airlines Airbus A330-300, registration HB-JHC performing flight LX-18 from Zurich (Switzerland) to Newark,NJ (USA), was climbing out of Zurich's runway 16 when the crew stopped the climb at FL080 reporting a "strange odour" in the cockpit. The aircraft returned to Zurich for a safe landing on runway 16 about 40 minutes after departure. While taxiing to the apron attending emergency services reported the left main gear emitting smoke, the aircraft stopped, emergency services cooled the left brakes/left main gear, the aircraft was subsequently towed to the apron.

Source: The Aviation Herald

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