France A319 near Budapest on Apr 8th 2024, fumes in cockpit

Last Update: April 9, 2024 / 17:43:43 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 8, 2024

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air France

Flight number
AF-1088

Departure
Paris Charles de Gaulle, France

Destination
Bucharest Otopeni, Romania

Aircraft Registration
F-GRHF

Aircraft Type
Airbus A319

ICAO Type Designator
A319

An Air France Airbus A319-100, registration F-GRHF performing flight AF-1088 from Paris Charles de Gaulle (France) to Bucharest Otopeni (Romania), was enroute at FL390 about 60nm south of Budapest (Hungary) when the crew declared PAN PAN reporting they had fumes in the cockpit and requested descent and to divert to Budapest. The crew later reported they had smoke and fumes in the cockpit and cabin. The aircraft landed safely on Budapest's runway 13R about 25 minutes after leaving FL390, vacated the runway, stopped briefly on the parallel taxiway and taxied to the apron.

Passengers reported the crew told them about a technical problem at first, then they were told it was smoke on the flight deck.

The remainder of the flight as well as the return flight were cancelled. The passengers were rebooked onto other flights.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Budapest about 21 hours after landing.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 8, 2024

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air France

Flight number
AF-1088

Departure
Paris Charles de Gaulle, France

Destination
Bucharest Otopeni, Romania

Aircraft Registration
F-GRHF

Aircraft Type
Airbus A319

ICAO Type Designator
A319

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