PORTLAND, OR, USA
N296AS
BOEING 727-200
A BROKEN HYDRAULIC LINE NEAR THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR ALLOWED HYDRAULIC FLUID TO LEAK ON TO THE APU EXHAUST. THE RESULTANT SMOKE THEN WAS PICKED UP BY THE LEFT AIRPACK AND WAS BLOWN INTO THE CABIN. THE CREW THEN ORDERED AN EVACUATIONOF THE PASSENGERS.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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