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Repeated Fume Emergency over Nigeria

What: Boeing 777 flight BA 82, en route London from the Nigerian capital
Where: Nigeria
When: Sat Jan 24
Who: 155 passengers and 14 crew
Why: Smoke had first been detected in the cockpit early on Saturday and the problem was supposedly fixed. An hour into the flight, pilots detected fumes /smoke in the cockpit., they requested the emergency landing in Kano. Passengers were promised a speedy replacement flight, and the 777 underwent another inspection.

The Nigerian media reported that one of the engines was in flames.

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