A Continental Airlines Boeing 767-400, registration N76062 performing flight CO-104 from Newark,NJ (USA) to Athens (Greece) with 220 passengers and 13 crew, was enroute at FL310 about 130nm east of Boston, when the crew reported a bit developing smoke in the cabin, declared emergency and decided to dump fuel, turn around and divert to Boston. The airplane landed safely 50 minutes later.
A replacement Boeing 767-400 registration N68061 continued the flight and is estimated to reach Athens with a total delay of 7 hours.
Continental Airlines said, that some odour of unknown origin had appeared in the cabin.
(source: The Aviation Herald)
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