Austrian A320 near Bucharest on May 8th 2018, burning wires

Last Update: May 9, 2018 / 10:39:03 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 8, 2018

Classification
Incident

Airline
Austrian Airlines

Flight number
OS-836

Departure
Larnaca, Cyprus

Destination
Vienna, Austria

Aircraft Registration
OE-LBY

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

An Austrian Airlines Airbus A320-200, registration OE-LBY performing flight OS-836 from Larnaca (Cyprus) to Vienna (Austria), was enroute at FL360 about 75nm west of Bucharest (Romania) when the crew requested to divert to Bucharest due to a technical problem, they were not declaring emergency, they had some burning wires, the fire was not persistent however, there was a smell in cabin and cockpit, for safety they wanted to divert to Bucharest. The aircraft turned around and diverted to Bucharest for a safe landing on runway 26L about 25 minutes later.

The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground in Bucharest for about 5.5 hours, then continued the flight as OS-1474 for Vienna and reached the destination with a delay of about 6 hours.

On May 9th 2018 the airline reported: "As it turned out a cooling fan was defective causing the odour." The passengers disembarked normally and were rebooked onto other flights.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 8, 2018

Classification
Incident

Airline
Austrian Airlines

Flight number
OS-836

Departure
Larnaca, Cyprus

Destination
Vienna, Austria

Aircraft Registration
OE-LBY

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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