British Airways A320 near Paris on Dec 26th 2018, burning odour in cockpit
Last Update: December 26, 2018 / 21:18:05 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 26, 2018
Classification
Incident
Airline
British Airways
Flight number
BA-2578
Departure
London Gatwick, United Kingdom
Destination
Turin, Italy
Aircraft Registration
G-GATH
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
A replacement A320-200 registration G-GATM is estimated to reach Turin with a delay of about 5 hours.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 26, 2018
Classification
Incident
Airline
British Airways
Flight number
BA-2578
Departure
London Gatwick, United Kingdom
Destination
Turin, Italy
Aircraft Registration
G-GATH
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
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