Condor A320 near Stuttgart on Dec 9th 2012, smoke on board

Last Update: March 15, 2013 / 16:03:51 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 9, 2012

Classification
Incident

Airline
Condor

Aircraft Registration
D-AICI

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

The German BFU reported in their monthly bulletin that the aircraft was enroute at FL350 when an eletrical odour was observed that changed into smell of plastics. Shortly afterwards white smoke appeared in the cockpit, the crew donned their oxygen masks and decided to divert to Stuttgart for an overweight landing (68 tons) on runway 25. Although the smoke in the cockpit had dissipated, the crew worked the checklists for an emergency evacuation including crew on stations and "ENG MASTER SW", emergency services reported seeing no smoke or fire, so that the crew decided to not evacuate and have passengers disembark via stairs and were bussed to the terminal. No injuries occurred.

Post flight examination revealed the radar tranceiver located in the front area of the avionics compartment had been cause of the smells and smoke. It was removed from the aircraft and taken a special laboratory for further examination.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 9, 2012

Classification
Incident

Airline
Condor

Aircraft Registration
D-AICI

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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