British Airways A320 over North Sea on May 15th 2024, smoke in cockpit

Last Update: May 17, 2024 / 15:53:08 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 15, 2024

Classification
Incident

Flight number
BA-764

Destination
Oslo, Norway

Aircraft Registration
G-EUYK

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A British Airways Airbus A320-200, registration G-EUYK performing flight BA-764 from London Heathrow,EN (UK) to Oslo (Norway), was enroute at FL310 over the North Sea about 90nm northwest of Amsterdam (Netherlands) when the crew decided to divert to Amsterdam reporting smoke in the cockpit. The aircraft landed safely on Amsterdam's runway 18R about 21 minutes later. Emergency services did not detect evidence of a fire.

A replacement A320-200 registration G-EUYM continued the flight and reached Oslo the following day with a delay of about 18 hours.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Amsterdam about 46 hours after landing.

The airline reported the aircraft diverted to Amsterdam due to a minor technical problem.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 15, 2024

Classification
Incident

Flight number
BA-764

Destination
Oslo, Norway

Aircraft Registration
G-EUYK

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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