Qantas A388 near Baku on Dec 23rd 2022, intermittent cargo smoke indication

Last Update: December 23, 2022 / 11:36:46 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 23, 2022

Classification
Incident

Airline
Qantas

Flight number
QF-1

Aircraft Registration
VH-OQH

Aircraft Type
Airbus A380-800

ICAO Type Designator
A388

A Qantas Airbus A380-800, registration VH-OQH performing flight QF-1 from Singapore (Singapore) to London Heathrow,EN (UK) with 356 people on board, was enroute at FL360 over Georgia about 300nm west of Baku (Azerbaijan) when the crew decided to turn around and divert to Baku due to intermittent indications of cargo smoke. The aircraft landed safely on Baku's runway 16 about 55 minutes after the decision to turn around.

Baku Airport reported the crew reported a cargo smoke indication.

The airline reported the crew received an intermittent indication of smoke in one of the cargo holds.

The aircraft is still on the ground in Baku about 8 hours after landing.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 23, 2022

Classification
Incident

Airline
Qantas

Flight number
QF-1

Aircraft Registration
VH-OQH

Aircraft Type
Airbus A380-800

ICAO Type Designator
A388

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