Clarifications on the incident that occurred on Tuesday morning (01.04.2025) at Mytilenewhere airplane Aegean gave the airport of Odysseas Elytis, with the wrong indication of fire in the island.
Everything happened when OLYMPIC AIR ATR72 plane landed at 07:50 at Mytilene Airport with Indicator for Engine Fire. Inside the plane were 59 passengers and 4 crew members. Then the pilot, and following all the protocols, dragged the plane.
AEGEAN, following the evacuation of the plane, announced, explaining all the procedures followed by the incorrect indication and the state of the passengers.
According to the company, the indicator was presented after landing the plane, resulting in the pilot preventively evacuate the aircraft to safely remove passengers.
Then No fire event was found And so the company will send a new aircraft to pick up the passengers of the next flight to Athens who will arrive late as There are severe weather on the island.
The entire Aegean announcement:
About the OA 250 flight from Athens to Mytilene Athens, April 1st 2025. Aegean informs that on the OA 250 flight, which is executed by Olympic Air, from Athens to Mytilene with 59 passengers and 4 crew members after the landing presented a fire.
According to procedures, the commander stopped the aircraft, informed the airport on appropriate measures and proactively activated the aircraft evacuation process. All passengers landed safely. There was no fire event and the commander trapped the aircraft with itself in the final parking position.
The company sends a new aircraft to receive the passengers of the next flight to Athens, which will depart with a relative delay due to weather events in the Mytilene airport area. “