Incident: Air Canada B772 at Sydney on Jul 28th 2011, oven ignores no smoking sign
An Air Canada Boeing 777-200, registration C-FIUA performing flight AC-34 from Sydney,NS (Australia) to Vancouver,BC (Canada) with 266 passengers and 18 crew, was enroute at FL310 about 140nm eastnortheast of Sydney about 30 minutes into the flight when the crew reported smoke in the cabin and decided to return to Sydney. The aircraft dumped fuel and landed safely on Sydney's runway 34L about 80 minutes after departure.
The aircraft was able to depart again after about 100 minutes on the ground and is currently estimated to reach Vancouver with a delay of 3:15 hours.
The airline reported that the smoke was emitted by a galley oven, there was no fire, the cause of the smoke is not yet known. The captain decided to return, dumped fuel but did not declare emergency. The oven has been removed from the aircraft.
Source: The Aviation Herald (
http://avherald.com/h?article=440637a4&opt=0)