Singapore Airlines Flight SQ236 Diverts to Rockhampton After Cabin Smoke: No Injuries, Cause Under Investigation
A Singapore Airlines flight from Brisbane, Australia, to Singapore diverted to Rockhampton Airport in Queensland on November 11 after smoke was detected in the cabin. No one was injured. The airline said the aircraft landed uneventfully, all customers disembarked normally, and it is investigating what produced the smoke.
The Airbus A350-900 (registration 9V-SHA), operating as flight SQ236, departed Brisbane International Airport at 2:32 p.m. local time and had been due at Singapore Changi Airport at 8:25 p.m. After smoke appeared in the cabin, the crew diverted and landed at Rockhampton at 4:09 p.m. Fire and ambulance crews responded at the airport; according to local reports the smoke had cleared before firefighters needed to act.
Passengers told reporters that seatback screens went dark during the incident and that crew members checked the overhead bins before the pilots announced a technical issue. A message from the airline posted online by a passenger attributed the diversion to a technical issue affecting the aircraft's safety monitoring systems. Singapore Airlines said it was providing refreshments, arranging a relief flight and rebooking onward travel, with the replacement flight due to leave Rockhampton around midnight and reach Singapore early on November 12. The airline apologised for the disruption.
The airline did not release the number of passengers and crew on board, and the source of the smoke remains under investigation.
Source: Singapore Airlines
Published by GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 图：新加坡航空空客A350-900客机在澳大利亚布里斯班机场（资料图）。图：DS28，CC BY-SA 4.0，经维基共享资源 / A Singapore Airlines Airbus A350-900 at Brisbane Airport, Australia (file photo). Photo by DS28, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
