Germanwings A319 near Stuttgart on Oct 22nd 2017, fumes on board
Last Update: October 29, 2017 / 22:52:10 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 22, 2017
Classification
Incident
Cause
Fumes on board
Airline
Germanwings
Flight number
4U-5713
Departure
Pristina, Kosovo
Destination
Stuttgart, Germany
Aircraft Registration
D-AKNP
Aircraft Type
Airbus A319
ICAO Type Designator
A319
The Aviation Herald received information indicating, that the aircraft had another fume event on Oct 17th 2017 while taxiing out for departure for flight 4U-2164 from Stuttgart to Brussels (Belgium). The fumes were consistent with APU oil fumes, an APU oil leak was subsequently discovered. However, the fumes were officially recorded as fumes from an external vehicle and the aircraft was returned to service about 13 hours after returning to the gate. Germany's BFU confirmed, the occurrence of Oct 17th 2017 was reported to them but was not rated a serious incident or accident and is not being investigated.
According to information The Aviation Herald received the odour encountered during the flight from Pristina to Stuttgart on Oct 22nd 2017 was described as smell of dirty old socks. Following the flight the APU was set inoperative.
The occurence aircraft remained on the ground in Stuttgart for 48 hours following the fume event of Oct 22nd 2017.
Germany's BFU reported they had been informed about the fume event of Oct 22nd 2017, too, did not rate it a serious incident or accident and are not going to investigate the occurrence.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 22, 2017
Classification
Incident
Cause
Fumes on board
Airline
Germanwings
Flight number
4U-5713
Departure
Pristina, Kosovo
Destination
Stuttgart, Germany
Aircraft Registration
D-AKNP
Aircraft Type
Airbus A319
ICAO Type Designator
A319
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