Airbus A3ST near Hamburg on Feb 26th 2018, cable fire in cockpit

Last Update: February 27, 2018 / 22:14:07 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 26, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
BGA-143F

Aircraft Registration
F-GSTF

Aircraft Type
Airbus Beluga

ICAO Type Designator
A3ST

An Airbus Airbus A300-600ST Beluga, registration F-GSTF performing flight BGA-143F from Chester,EN (UK) to Hamburg Finkenwerder (Germany), was descending towards Hamburg when the crew declared emergency reporting smoke in the cockpit. Airport and Hamburg City fire brigades were called to the Finkenwerder aerodrome. The aircraft landed safely on runway 05 about 17 minutes later. The smoke had dissipated in the meantime.

Emergency services reported that they found evidence of an active cable fire in the cockpit that had extinguished by itself prior to landing. There were no injuries.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 26, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
BGA-143F

Aircraft Registration
F-GSTF

Aircraft Type
Airbus Beluga

ICAO Type Designator
A3ST

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