Germania A319 at Faro on Jun 26th 2018, smoke in cabin
Last Update: June 30, 2018 / 20:45:01 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jun 26, 2018
Classification
Incident
Cause
Smoke in cabin
Airline
Germania
Flight number
ST-4911
Departure
Faro, Portugal
Destination
Berlin Tegel, Germany
Aircraft Registration
D-ASTQ
Aircraft Type
Airbus A319
ICAO Type Designator
A319
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
Cause
Smoke in cabin
Airline
Germania
Flight number
ST-4911
Departure
Faro, Portugal
Destination
Berlin Tegel, Germany
Aircraft Registration
D-ASTQ
Aircraft Type
Airbus A319
ICAO Type Designator
A319
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