Sunexpress Deutschland B738 near Munich on Jan 6th 2019, smoke in cockpit
Last Update: January 7, 2019 / 23:19:30 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jan 1, 1970
Classification
Incident
Cause
Smoke in cockpit
Airline
Sunexpress Deutschland
Flight number
XG-4665
Departure
Nuremberg, Germany
Destination
Hurghada, Egypt
Aircraft Registration
D-ASXJ
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Munich about 13 hours after landing.
The flight was cancelled as was the return flight XG-4824 to Cologne (Germany).
On Jan 7th 2019 The Aviation Herald learned the source of the smoke was an aft galley oven, a fire extinguisher was discharged into the oven.
Although the rotation was officially declared cancelled, the occurrence aircraft departed for Hurghada about 14 hours after landing in Munich and reached Hurghada with a delay of about 14 hours. The aircraft subsequently remained on the ground in Hurghada for about 14 hours, then positioned to Frankfurt/Main (Germany) for maintenance.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jan 1, 1970
Classification
Incident
Cause
Smoke in cockpit
Airline
Sunexpress Deutschland
Flight number
XG-4665
Departure
Nuremberg, Germany
Destination
Hurghada, Egypt
Aircraft Registration
D-ASXJ
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
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