Germania A319 at Faro on Jun 26th 2018, smoke in cabin

Last Update: June 30, 2018 / 20:45:01 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 26, 2018

Classification
Incident

Airline
Germania

Flight number
ST-4911

Aircraft Registration
D-ASTQ

Aircraft Type
Airbus A319

ICAO Type Designator
A319

A Germania Airbus A319-100, registration D-ASTQ performing flight ST-4911 from Faro (Portugal) to Berlin Tegel (Germany) with 94 passengers and 5 crew, was in the initial climb out of Faro's runway 28 when passengers observed dense smoke in the cabin prompting the crew to stop the climb at about 3500 feet and return to Faro for a safe landing on runway 10 about 5 minutes after departure. The smoke dissipated.

A passenger reported there was heavy smoke immediately after becoming airborne, the aircraft returned to land within 5 minutes. The captain subsequently announced the smoke was likely coming from an air conditioning system.

The airline reported a technical defect in one of the two air conditioning systems had impact on the quality of air in the cabin. The air conditioning unit was shut down and the captain returned to Faro as precaution even though the flight could have been continued to Tegel.

A replacement A319-100 registration D-ASTJ reached Berlin with a delay of 8 hours.

The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground in Faro for about 18 hours, then positioned to Berlin Schoenefeld and remained on the ground in Schoenefeld for another about 22 hours before returning to service following a brief test flight.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 26, 2018

Classification
Incident

Airline
Germania

Flight number
ST-4911

Aircraft Registration
D-ASTQ

Aircraft Type
Airbus A319

ICAO Type Designator
A319

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