Get you up to speed: Jet2 diverts Bournemouth to Gran Canaria flight to Faro over cabin smoke
Jet2 Flight LS3643, carrying over 140 passengers, was diverted from Bournemouth to Gran Canaria and landed safely in Faro at 12.25pm local time due to reported ‘smoke in the cabin.’ The diversion triggered a ‘red code alert’ at Faro Airport, mobilising emergency response vehicles as a precaution.
Jet2 reported that their flight LS3643, which was diverted to Faro due to an ‘aroma’ detected in the cabin, landed safely with no compromise to safety. The Portuguese Civil Protection mobilised 35 vehicles and over 80 responders, including police and firefighters, as part of their protocol following a red code alert.
A standby aircraft will fly customers from Faro to Gran Canaria following the precautionary diversion of Jet2 Flight LS3643. The aircraft landed safely at Faro around 12.25pm local time in Portugal after smoke was detected in the cabin.
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Jet2 said at no point was safety compromised whatsoever, and the aircraft landed safely (Picture: Getty Images)
A packed holiday jet from Bournemouth to Gran Canaria has been diverted to Faro over ‘smoke in the cabin.’
The incident, which took place earlier today, triggered a ‘red code alert’ at the Algarve airport with emergency response vehicles being mobilised although the plane landed safely.
Local sources said the diversion was due to ‘smoke in the cabin.’
Jet 2 Flight LS3643 had departed from Bournemouth at 9.55am and was due to arrive in Gran Canaria around 3.5 hours later.
It landed at Faro around 12.25pm local time in Portugal.
More than 140 passengers are believed to have been on board the Boeing 747.
A Jet2 spokesperson said: ‘Our highly trained crew operating flight LS3643 from Bournemouth to Gran Canaria elected to divert to Faro as a precautionary measure after an aroma was detected in the cabin.
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‘At no point was safety compromised whatsoever, and the aircraft landed safely. A standby aircraft will fly customers from Faro to Gran Canaria, and we would of course like to sincerely apologise to customers for this delay.’
Although Jet2 described the diversion in a statement as a ‘precautionary measure’ after an ‘aroma’ was detected in the cabin, Portuguese press claimed this afternoon some crew had to be assisted for smoke inhalation.
In December last year another Jet2 plane, heading from London Stansted to the Canary Islands, was diverted to Portugal following a red alert.
The Boeing 737 was on its way to Fuerteventura but instead landed at Faro Airport.
Emergency services including paramedics and firefighters were put on standby at Faro Airport as part of protocol red alert procedure.
Civil Protection said 35 vehicles and more than 80 responders had been mobilised, including their workers, police, ambulances and firefighters.
Squawk Alert, which follows commercial airlines that declare emergencies, said on its site on X at the time: ‘The crew of Jet2 flight EXS83LV from London to Fuerteventura has declared an emergency and are diverting to Faro.’
Another flight emergency site said: ‘Diverting to Faro due to a problem with engine number one.’
Earlier the same month a plane packed with returning UK tourists had to divert following mid-air toilet malfunction.
Ryanair flight FR1667 should have reached Bristol around 5pm on December 8 after departing from Fuerteventura at lunchtime.
But it diverted to the neighbouring Canary Island of Lanzarote shortly into its 3.5 hour journey after ‘some toilets’ stopped working according to local air traffic controllers.
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