Spirit A319 near Atlantic City on Jan 10th 2020, burning odour in cockpit

Last Update: January 10, 2020 / 21:50:40 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 10, 2020

Classification
Incident

Airline
Spirit Airlines

Flight number
NK-1035

Departure
Newark, United States

Destination
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Aircraft Registration
N529NK

Aircraft Type
Airbus A319

ICAO Type Designator
A319

A Spirit Airlines Airbus A319-100, registration N529NK performing flight NK-1035 from Newark,NJ (USA) to Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) with 149 people on board, was enroute at FL370 about 210nm southsoutheast of Newark and about 150nm southsoutheast of Atlantic City,NJ (USA) when the crew donned their oxygen masks and decided to divert to Atlantic City reporting an electrical burning odour in the cockpit, the source apparently being some fan. The aircraft turned around and descended towards Atlantic City, the crew advised the odour was still present, however, no evacuation was to be expected. The aircraft landed safely on Atlantic City's runway 31. The aircraft stopped briefly on the runway, then taxied to the apron with the emergency services in trail.

The aircraft remained on the ground in Atlantic City for about 4 hours, then continued the journey and reached Santo Domingo with a delay of 4.5 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 10, 2020

Classification
Incident

Airline
Spirit Airlines

Flight number
NK-1035

Departure
Newark, United States

Destination
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Aircraft Registration
N529NK

Aircraft Type
Airbus A319

ICAO Type Designator
A319

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