Spirit A319 at Fort Lauderdale on Sep 20th 2013, smoke in cockpit
Last Update: September 21, 2013 / 20:43:08 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 20, 2013
Classification
Incident
Cause
Smoke in cockpit
Airline
Spirit Airlines
Flight number
NK-305
Departure
Fort Lauderdale, United States
Destination
Las Vegas, United States
Aircraft Registration
N525NK
Aircraft Type
Airbus A319
ICAO Type Designator
A319
A replacement A319-100 registration N531NK reached Las Vegas with a delay of 3 hours.
The incident aircraft was able to resume service 5 hours after landing.
Passengers reported that during takeoff rotation a smell like burning batteries appeared in the cabin, shortly after becoming airborne smoke entered the cabin from the cockpit. The aircraft returned to Fort Lauderdale, emergency services entered the aircraft with fire extinguishers. They were later told that a faulty air conditioning system was identified as cause of the smoke.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 20, 2013
Classification
Incident
Cause
Smoke in cockpit
Airline
Spirit Airlines
Flight number
NK-305
Departure
Fort Lauderdale, United States
Destination
Las Vegas, United States
Aircraft Registration
N525NK
Aircraft Type
Airbus A319
ICAO Type Designator
A319
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