The emergency services received a call about smoke on an aircraft at around 16.30 at the airport. The BRA flight from Gothenburg to Lyon had to turn back and land at Landvetter due to an alert about a fire extinguisher. There was no fire, but safety measures were taken. The passengers disembarked safely, and the police and ambulance were called to the scene. No information was available on why the fire extinguisher went off. For more information, read GP’s ethical rules about quality journalism. Sharing options are available below.
It was around 16.30 that the emergency services were called to the airport. According to the first information, the alarm concerned a smoke development on an aircraft.
– We are on site and investigating, says Millie Ekman, alarm and line operator at the rescue service, at around 16.50.
It was a BRA flight on its way from Gothenburg to Lyon that was forced to turn around and land at Landvetter again.
According to Sara Dahlqvist at BRA’s communications department, the alarm was about a fire extinguisher.
– It was a fire extinguisher that had been triggered. There was no fire, but we always put safety first, says Dahlqvist.
Do you know why the fire extinguisher went off?
– No, I have no information about that.
The landing must have gone well and all passengers were allowed to disembark. The police and ambulance were also called to the scene.
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