Serbia A319 near Paphos on Sep 19th 2018, cargo smoke indication

Last Update: September 19, 2018 / 21:22:10 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 19, 2018

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air Serbia

Flight number
JU-7210

Destination
Hurghada, Egypt

Aircraft Registration
YU-APD

Aircraft Type
Airbus A319

ICAO Type Designator
A319

An Air Serbia Airbus A319-100, registration YU-APD performing flight JU-7210 from Belgrade (Serbia) to Hurghada (Egypt) with 143 passengers and 6 crew, was enroute at FL370 about 120nm west of Paphos (Cyprus) when the crew received a cargo smoke indication and decided to divert to Paphos. The aircraft landed safely on Paphos' runway 29 about 30 minutes later.

Paphos police reported the aircraft diverted due to some sort of fire indication on board.

The airline reported the aircraft diverted for technical reasons as a precaution.

The aircraft remained on the ground in Paphos for about 9.5 hours, then continued the flight to Hurghada.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 19, 2018

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air Serbia

Flight number
JU-7210

Destination
Hurghada, Egypt

Aircraft Registration
YU-APD

Aircraft Type
Airbus A319

ICAO Type Designator
A319

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