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Smell of smoke on board B-737 airplane of Malev to Amsterdam

Budapest, Hungary - Aircraft returned to airport, but inspection found no faults

Forced return to flight MA660 Budapest-Amsterdam yesterday, operated with a B-737 by Hungarian Malev Airlines because of a suspicious fire, turned out to be just a false alarm. A Boeing 737/700 aircraft, performing flight MA660 with 102 passengers, departed Budapest's runway 31L when the crew reported smell of smoke in the cabin, levelled off at 3000 feet and returned to Budapest for a safe landing...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1118440
Rome, Italy, 06/21/2010 13:30
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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