Wizz A320 near Keflavik on Sep 13th 2017, electronic cigarette smoking

Last Update: September 14, 2017 / 19:30:14 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 13, 2017

Classification
Incident

Airline
Wizz Air

Flight number
W6-1898

Destination
Wroclaw, Poland

Aircraft Registration
HA-LPK

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A Wizz Air Airbus A320-200, registration HA-LPK performing flight W6-1898 from Keflavik (Iceland) to Wroclaw (Poland) with 147 people on board, was climbing through FL310 out of Keflavik about 20 minutes into the flight when an electronic cigarette of a passenger began to emit smoke prompting the flight crew to declare emergency and return to Keflavik, while cabin crew secured and cooled the device and stored it into a safe container. The aircraft landed safely back in Keflavik about 40 minutes after departure, emergency services did not need to intervene anymore.

The airline reported a device belonging to a passenger began to burn in the cabin. The crew dealt with the device and alerted emergency services, who received the aircraft upon landing. The occurrence is being investigated.

The aircraft was able to depart again about 4 hours after the first departure and reached Wroclaw with a delay of 3.5 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 13, 2017

Classification
Incident

Airline
Wizz Air

Flight number
W6-1898

Destination
Wroclaw, Poland

Aircraft Registration
HA-LPK

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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