Eurowings A319 at Hamburg on Sep 14th 2017, smoke in cockpit
Last Update: September 15, 2017 / 14:01:41 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 14, 2017
Classification
Incident
Cause
Smoke in cockpit
Airline
Eurowings
Flight number
EW-7778
Departure
Hamburg, Germany
Destination
Prague, Czech Republic
Aircraft Registration
D-ABGS
Aircraft Type
Airbus A319
ICAO Type Designator
A319
Airport police reported an overheated air conditioning system was identified as source of the smoke. The passengers were taken to hotels and have been rebooked onto other flights the following day.
The occurrence aircraft had replaced the aircraft scheduled to perform the flight on schedule and departed Hamburg with a delay of 5.5 hours only to land back 10 minutes later.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 14, 2017
Classification
Incident
Cause
Smoke in cockpit
Airline
Eurowings
Flight number
EW-7778
Departure
Hamburg, Germany
Destination
Prague, Czech Republic
Aircraft Registration
D-ABGS
Aircraft Type
Airbus A319
ICAO Type Designator
A319
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