Incident · 2003-04-10

NTSB case LAX03IA137 · Airbus Industrie A300F4-605R · Part 121

What the record says

Event date: 2003-04-10
Event type: Incident
Highest injury level: No injuries
Aircraft: Airbus Industrie A300F4-605R (N676FE)
Operating rule: Part 121
Operator: FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): Federal Express Corporation

Probable cause

the failure of the 1R evacuation slide to inflate because the transport-locking pin had not been removed from the regulator during the slide's installation on the 1R door. The cause of the cabin/cockpit smoke was contamination of the air conditioning packs.

Source: NTSB case LAX03IA137

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.

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