THY A21N near Frankfurt on Oct 21st 2022, cargo fire indication

Last Update: October 22, 2022 / 18:55:58 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 21, 2022

Classification
Incident

Airline
THY Turkish Airlines

Flight number
TK-1988

Departure
London Heathrow, United Kingdom

Destination
Istanbul, Turkey

Aircraft Registration
TC-LSR

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321-Neo

ICAO Type Designator
A21N

A THY Turkish Airlines Airbus A321-200N, registration TC-LSR performing flight TK-1988 from London Heathrow,EN (UK) to Istanbul (Turkey), was enroute at FL350 about 75nm eastsoutheast of Frankfurt/Main (Germany) when the crew declared Mayday reporting a cargo fire and decided to divert to Frankfurt. The aircraft landed safely on Frankfurt's runway 25C about 25 minutes after leaving FL350. Attending emergency services found no trace of fire, heat or smoke.

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

Date of incident
Oct 21, 2022

Classification
Incident

Airline
THY Turkish Airlines

Flight number
TK-1988

Departure
London Heathrow, United Kingdom

Destination
Istanbul, Turkey

Aircraft Registration
TC-LSR

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321-Neo

ICAO Type Designator
A21N

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