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Incident: Delta B738 near Omaha on Sep. 28, 2015, Lavatory Fire

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Tatjana Obrazcova
Country: United States
Source: WCARN

A Delta Airlines Boeing 737-800, registration N3748Y performing flight DL-1490 from Detroit,MI to Las Vegas,NV (USA) with 161 people on board, was enroute at FL340 about 60nm west of Omaha,NE (USA) when the crew reported a fire in a lavatory and decided to divert to Omaha. On approach to Omaha the crew advised that the fire was confirmed out. The aircraft landed safely on Eppley Airfield's runway 14R with emergency services on standby, vacated the runway and taxied to the gate requesting the fire trucks to follow them to stand.





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