Easyjet A320 at Milan on Jul 5th 2018, smoke in cabin
Last Update: July 7, 2018 / 17:55:54 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jul 5, 2018
Classification
Incident
Cause
Smoke in cabin
Airline
Easyjet
Flight number
U2-2963
Departure
Milan Malpensa, Italy
Destination
Heraklion, Greece
Aircraft Registration
G-EZOM
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
The airport reported emergency services responded to an alert of smoke in the cabin.
A ground observer reported the airport basically closed, an aircraft on short final was instructed to go around and join a hold immediately after G-EZOM declared emergency, all other arrivales were sent into holds, departures were halted. G-EZOM stopped on the landing runway for just less than 10 minutes before taxiing to the apron with emergency services including fire engines and ambulances in trail. The airport re-opened about 15 minutes after the landing of the aircraft.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jul 5, 2018
Classification
Incident
Cause
Smoke in cabin
Airline
Easyjet
Flight number
U2-2963
Departure
Milan Malpensa, Italy
Destination
Heraklion, Greece
Aircraft Registration
G-EZOM
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
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