A TUI Airways Boeing 737-800 aircraft was evacuated via emergency slides at Brussels Airport following a false cargo fire alarm on 6 August 2024.
TUI Airways flight TB2252 was inbound from Heraklion, Greece and was on approach to RWY25L Brussels Airport (BRU) when the flight crew received a cargo fire indication.
TUI TB2252 Heraklion-Brussels
Flight crew reported receiving the fire indication for the forward cargo hold position, and continued their approach to RWY25L.
According to the Aviation Herald, a further transmission from the crew indicated that the fire warning indication had extinguished after being illuminated for approximately five minutes. Emergency ground assets remained on hand to meet the aircraft on arrival.
Shortly thereafter, the aircraft landed safely and was brought to a stop on the runway. At this point the crew advised air traffic control that the cargo fire warning indicator had gone off once again.
The decision was then made to carry out an emergency evacuation, and passengers were then disembarked via escape slides.
All 123 passengers and TUI crew members were safely evacuated from the aircraft as emergency services responded to the alarm. No injuries were reported as a result of the emergency evacuation procedure.
Upon a thorough post-landing inspection of the aircraft, no evidence of fire or smoke was found. The alarm was subsequently determined to be a false reading.
The aircraft conducting the TB2252 service from Heraklion International Airport (HER) was a Boeing 737-800, registered OO-TUK. This is a 13 year old narrowbody aircraft belonging to the carrier TUI fly Belgium.
It has been in operational service with the airline since October 2016.
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