Created Wednesday, Mar 8th 2023 19:31Z, last updated Wednesday, Mar 8th 2023 19:31Z
A THY Turkish Airlines Airbus A330-200, registration TC-LOH performing flight
TK-1855 from Istanbul (Turkey) to Barcelona,SP (Spain), was already enroute at FL380 about 300nm northwest of Istanbul in Bulgarian Airspace when the crew decided to turn around and return to Istanbul due to a pungent odour on board followed by a cargo smoke indication. The aircraft descended to FL140 and landed safely back on Istanbul's runway 35R about one hour after the decision to turn around.
Istanbul Airport reported cabin crew noticed noticed the odour, a sensor detecting bad gasses in the cargo bay activated. The crew returned to Istanbul. Upon inspection of the aircraft it was determined Durian fruit, tropical delicacies which however emit pungent odour when ripe, caused the odour and sensor activation.
The passengers boarded a replacement aircraft, which reached Barcelona with a delay of 5.5 hours.
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