Spirit A320 near Chicago on Sep 2nd 2018, fumes cause passengers and crew feel unwell

Last Update: September 13, 2018 / 21:19:24 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 2, 2018

Classification
Accident

Airline
Spirit Airlines

Flight number
NK-478

Departure
Fort Lauderdale, United States

Destination
Chicago O'Hare, United States

Aircraft Registration
N635NK

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A Spirit Airlines Airbus A320-200, registration N635NK performing flight NK-478 from Fort Lauderdale,FL to Chicago O'Hare,IL (USA), was descending towards Chicago when a pungent odour developed on board prompting a number of passengers to complain about the odour and subsequently report feeling dizzy and suffering from headache. Cabin crew also began to feel lightheaded, dizzy. The crew indicated they were trying to identify the source of the odour, the odour began to dissipate while the cabin warmed up. The aircraft landed safely in Chicago about 20 minutes later. The entire crew including flight crew went to see doctors.

According to information The Aviation Herald received a number of crew members were on sick leave. During the descent to Chicago both air conditioning packs showed FAULT messages.

The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground in Chicago for 23 hours, then returned to service.

On Sep 13th 2018 the FAA told The Aviation Herald: "The FAA's Certificate Management Office for Spirit Airlines in Hollywood, Fla., is investigating the incident."
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 2, 2018

Classification
Accident

Airline
Spirit Airlines

Flight number
NK-478

Departure
Fort Lauderdale, United States

Destination
Chicago O'Hare, United States

Aircraft Registration
N635NK

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

This article is published under license from Avherald.com. © of text by Avherald.com.
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