Malta A320 at Malta on Nov 17th 2022, smoke in flight deck

Last Update: December 1, 2022 / 18:21:22 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Nov 17, 2022

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air Malta

Flight number
KM-514

Departure
Malta, Malta

Destination
Vienna, Austria

Aircraft Registration
9H-AHS

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

An Air Malta Airbus A320-200, registration 9H-AHS performing flight KM-514 from Malta (Malta) to Vienna (Austria) with 170 passengers and 7 crew, was climbing out of Malta's runway 23 when the crew donned their oxygen masks, declared PAN PAN PAN reporting smoke in the flight deck and stopped the climb at about 2000 feet . The aircraft returned to Malta for a safe landing on runway 31 about 13 minutes after departure and stopped on the runway for an inspection by emergency services. The aircraft taxied to the apron about 8 minutes after landing.

The airline reported customers on the flight as well as the return flight KM-515 from Vienna are being taken to hotels to wait for the replacement flight.

On Dec 1st 2022 Malta's AIB reported the aircraft returned to Malta due to smoke in the cabin. The occurrence was rated a serious incident and is being investigated by Malta's AIB.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Nov 17, 2022

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air Malta

Flight number
KM-514

Departure
Malta, Malta

Destination
Vienna, Austria

Aircraft Registration
9H-AHS

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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