Germanwings A320 near Cologne on Sep 1st 2015, smokey odour on board

Last Update: September 1, 2015 / 16:51:27 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 1, 2015

Classification
Incident

Flight number
4U-686

Destination
Kavala, Greece

Aircraft Registration
D-AIPZ

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A Germanwings Airbus A320-200, registration D-AIPZ performing flight 4U-686 from Cologne/Bonn (Germany) to Kavala (Greece) with 129 passengers, was climbing out of Cologne when the crew stopped the climb at FL250 reporting a smokey odour on board and decided to return to Cologne. During the approach the crew advised that the odour had dissipated. The aircraft landed safely on Cologne's runway 32R about 35 minutes after departure.

A replacement Airbus A320-200 registration D-AIQS reached Kavala with a delay of 6 hours.

The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground for about 6 hours, a representative of the BFU was on site, and resumed service afterwards.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 1, 2015

Classification
Incident

Flight number
4U-686

Destination
Kavala, Greece

Aircraft Registration
D-AIPZ

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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