Jetstar Pacific A320 near Gaya on Oct 2nd 2017, cargo smoke indication

Last Update: October 2, 2017 / 22:19:00 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 2, 2017

Classification
Incident

Cause
Cargo smoke indication

Airline
Jetstar Pacific

Flight number
BL-105

Departure
Hanoi, Vietnam

Destination
Gaya, India

Aircraft Registration
VN-A571

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A Jetstar Pacific Airbus A320-200, registration VN-A571 performing flight BL-105 from Hanoi (Vietnam) to Gaya (India) with 181 people on board, was enroute at FL310 about 75nm north of Chiang Mai (Thailand) when the crew received a cargo smoke indication and decided to divert to Chiang Mai. The aircraft landed safely about 20 minutes later. Attending emergency services did not find any trace of fire, heat or smoke.

The occurrence aircraft was able to continue the flight after about 5 hours on the ground and reached Gaya with a delay of 5:20 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 2, 2017

Classification
Incident

Cause
Cargo smoke indication

Airline
Jetstar Pacific

Flight number
BL-105

Departure
Hanoi, Vietnam

Destination
Gaya, India

Aircraft Registration
VN-A571

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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