British Airways A320 near Basel on Mar 31st 2019, electrical fumes in cockpit

Last Update: March 31, 2019 / 21:39:36 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 31, 2019

Classification
Incident

Flight number
BA-2585

Departure
Venice, Italy

Aircraft Registration
G-MEDK

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A British Airways Airbus A320-200, registration G-MEDK performing flight BA-2585 from Venice (Italy) to London Gatwick,EN (UK), was enroute at FL360 about 20nm southeast of Basle (Switzerland) when the crew declared PAN PAN reporting electrical fumes in the cockpit and decided to divert to Basle/Mulhouse (Switzerland/France) for a safe landing on runway 15 about 25 minutes later.

The aircraft was able to continue the journey after about 2.5 hours on the ground and reached Gatwick with a delay of about 3 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 31, 2019

Classification
Incident

Flight number
BA-2585

Departure
Venice, Italy

Aircraft Registration
G-MEDK

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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