Spirit A321 near Nassau on Mar 1st 2020, cargo smoke indication

Last Update: May 20, 2020 / 14:47:16 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 1, 2020

Classification
Incident

Cause
Cargo smoke indication

Airline
Spirit Airlines

Flight number
NK-632

Departure
Santiago, Dominican Republic

Destination
Fort Lauderdale, United States

Aircraft Registration
N682NK

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321

ICAO Type Designator
A321

A Spirit Airlines Airbus A321-200, registration N682NK performing flight NK-632 from Santiago (Dominican Republic) to Fort Lauderdale,FL (USA) with 227 passengers and 5 crew, was enroute at FL340 about 80nm southsoutheast of Nassau (Bahamas) when the crew received an aft cargo smoke indication. The crew worked the related checklists and diverted to Nassau for a safe landing about 17 minutes later.

The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground for about 6 hours, then continued the flight to Fort Lauderdale and reached the destination with a delay of 6 hours.

The Bahama AAID reported: "The aircraft landed safely without incident, was deplaned and inspected by appropriate maintenance personnel. There were no injuries reported and the aircraft received no damages. A limited scope investigation was conducted and no safety recommendations issued."
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 1, 2020

Classification
Incident

Cause
Cargo smoke indication

Airline
Spirit Airlines

Flight number
NK-632

Departure
Santiago, Dominican Republic

Destination
Fort Lauderdale, United States

Aircraft Registration
N682NK

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321

ICAO Type Designator
A321

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