<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">The Captain followed the standard operating procedures and the aircraft made a precautionary (not an emergency) landing at Newcastle. Once landed, the Newcastle Airport Fire Services boarded the aircraft with all the passengers still in place and declared that there were no "hot spots" in the rear galley area.

An initial investigation has shown no evidence of any burning or fire in the isolated area. Dry ice bags have been found in the metal waste-bin container, which may prove to be the cause of the 'smoke'.

Further investigations are being conducted. The aircraft is currently out of service. A stand-by aircraft has been sent from Luton to enable the passengers to continue their journey.

Flight details:


Flight EZY868 Glasgow - Amsterdam
Aircraft G-EZYB
134 passengers and 4 crew on board
Departed Glasgow at 07.24. Scheduled time of arrival at Amsterdam 08.24
Time of incident 08.10

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