{"id":401212,"date":"2026-04-08T00:38:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T14:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/tap-air-portugal-overhead-locker-fire-diversion-report\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T00:38:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T14:38:40","slug":"13-minutes-of-terror-the-real-reason-this-tap-flight-turned-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=401212","title":{"rendered":"13 Minutes Of Terror: The Real Reason This TAP Flight Turned Back"},"content":{"rendered":"

Earlier this year, aTAP Air Portugal<\/a><\/span> Airbus A320-200 flying from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Porto (OPO) was forced to return to its point of departure shortly after takeoff due to a burning smell in the cabin. Now, two months later, Portugal’s Office for the Prevention and Investigation of Accidents in Civil Aviation and Rail (GPIAAF) has published a report into the matter, shedding further light on the precise details of this occurrence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Portugal’s aviation authorities have shared further details on the incident that occurred two months ago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[426,429,396,476,120,1265,688],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-401212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-airbus","category-airbus-a320","category-aircraft","category-airlines","category-europe","category-london-gatwick-airport","category-tap-air-portugal"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t