Spirit A319 near Fort Lauderdale on Jul 31st 2017, odour in cockpit

Last Update: August 1, 2017 / 20:47:56 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 31, 2017

Classification
Incident

Airline
Spirit Airlines

Flight number
NK-244

Departure
Guatemala City, Guatemala

Destination
Fort Lauderdale, United States

Aircraft Registration
N532NK

Aircraft Type
Airbus A319

ICAO Type Designator
A319

A Spirit Airlines Airbus A319-100, registration N532NK performing flight NK-244 from Guatemala City (Guatemala) to Fort Lauderdale,FL (USA) with 148 people on board, was descending towards Fort Lauderdale when the crew donned their oxygen masks and declared emergency reporting a ventilation issue in the cockpit. The aircraft continued for a safe landing on Fort Lauderdale's runway 28R.

The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground for about 2:20 hours, then departed for the next scheduled flight.

Fort Lauderdale Airport reported emergency services responded to information of smoke in the cockpit. No smoke was found when emergency services inspected the aircraft.

The airline reported there was an unidentifyable odour confined to the cockpit but no smoke, the crew expedited the landing out of abundance of caution.

The FAA reported the crew reported ventilation issues in the cockpit and donned their oxygen masks. The cause of the odour is unclear.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 31, 2017

Classification
Incident

Airline
Spirit Airlines

Flight number
NK-244

Departure
Guatemala City, Guatemala

Destination
Fort Lauderdale, United States

Aircraft Registration
N532NK

Aircraft Type
Airbus A319

ICAO Type Designator
A319

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