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Melbourne Emergency Landing

What: Virgin Blue Boeing 737 en route from Melbourne to Sydney
Where: Melbourne
When: Nov 19 2010 7:16 a.m.
Who: 122 passengers, 6 crew
Why: Just after takeoff, the pilot noted a peculiar odor described as burning plastic (originally reported as smoke in the cockpit.) After being aloft for less than 30 minutes, the plane was met by 11 fire trucks on the landing which was safe; and the plane seemed to be operating as usual. Passengers were provided alternate flights as maintenance checked over the plane for the source of the smell, which may have been the new engine.

George’s Point of View

An electrical fire? or Old Spice? Avon? Brut? Body odor? Old Spice ON body odor?

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