Air Accident Report: 1/2014 EW/C2012/04/05, A333 In flight fire, Gatwick UK, 16 April 2012
Air Accident Report: 1/2014 EW/C2012/04/05, A333 In flight fire, Gatwick UK, 16 April 2012
On 16 April 2012, a Virgin Atlantic A330-300 made an air turnback to London Gatwick after repetitive hold smoke detector warnings began to occur during the climb. Continuing uncertainty about whether the warnings, which continued after landing, were false led to the decision to order an emergency evacuation on the runway. Subsequent investigation found that the smoke warnings had all been false and had mainly come from one faulty detector. It also found that aspects of the way the evacuation had taken place had indicated where there were opportunities to try and improve passenger behaviour.






