Nouvelair A320 near Alghero on Feb 23th 2022, smoke in cabin

Last Update: February 24, 2022 / 22:16:06 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 23, 2022

Classification
Incident

Airline
Nouvelair

Flight number
BJ-786

Destination
Nice, France

Aircraft Registration
TS-IND

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A Nouvelair Airbus A320-200, registration TS-IND performing flight BJ-786 from Tunis (Tunisia) to Nice (France), was enroute at FL360 about 120nm southsoutheast of Alghero (Italy) when the crew decided to divert to Alghero reporting smoke in the cabin. The aircraft landed safely on Alghero's runway 20 about 30 minutes after leaving FL360.

The aircraft remained on the ground in Alghero for about 10 hours, then positioned back to Tunis and is currently still on the ground in Tunis about 27 hours after landing in Tunis.

The aircraft had already suffered a similiar occurrence the previous day, see Incident: Nouvelair A320 near Alghero on Feb 22nd 2022, smoke in cabin.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 23, 2022

Classification
Incident

Airline
Nouvelair

Flight number
BJ-786

Destination
Nice, France

Aircraft Registration
TS-IND

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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