What happened
On January 3, 2010, at approximately 1430 UTC, the crew of Meridiana Airlines flight 193, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82 with registration I-SMEB, reported an odor similar to burning plastic. The aircraft was on the ground at Turin-Caselle Airport in Torino, Italy, with the Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) in operation.
No evacuation of the aircraft was performed during the event. There were no injuries reported among the 6 crew members on board.