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Swissair 111

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Area Control Centre (ACC) and reported that they were at flight level (FL) 330.3 At 0110:38, the pilots detected an unusual odour in the cockpit and began to investigate. They determined that some smoke was present in the cockpit, but
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Swissair 111

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FACTUAL INFORMATION UTC Elapsed Time Table 1: Elapsed Time for Key Events Time (minutes) 0110:38 Event 0113:14 00:00 02:36 Unusual smell detected in the cockpit 0114:15 Smoke assessed as visible at some location in the cockpit; no smell 03:37 reported
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Swissair 111

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1.18.8.3 Odour Detected in the Cockpit The first indication of an abnormal situation was at 0110:38, when the first officer referenced an unusual odour in the cockpit. There were no alerts, warnings, or indications recorded on the FDR to identify
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Swissair 111

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potential fire. In the case of SR 111, the pilots noticed an unusual odour in the cockpit at 0110:38, and 20 minutes, 40 seconds, later the aircraft struck the water. The pilots were at a significant disadvantage when attempting to
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Swissair 111

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0104:14 SR 111 could hear each other clearly. There is no record of either the pilots 0110:38 or the controllers at Boston ARTCC making any further comments about the 0110:57 gap in communications. 0111:14 0111:29 The CVR recording began. 0112:06
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