British Airways A320 near Basel on Mar 31st 2019, electrical fumes in cockpit
Last Update: March 31, 2019 / 21:39:36 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Mar 31, 2019
Classification
Incident
Airline
British Airways
Flight number
BA-2585
Departure
Venice, Italy
Destination
London Gatwick, United Kingdom
Aircraft Registration
G-MEDK
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
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
Airline
British Airways
Flight number
BA-2585
Departure
Venice, Italy
Destination
London Gatwick, United Kingdom
Aircraft Registration
G-MEDK
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
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