Germanwings A319 near Geneva on May 12th 2013, fumes in cockpit

Last Update: May 12, 2013 / 17:54:58 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 12, 2013

Classification
Incident

Airline
Germanwings

Flight number
4U-4594

Departure
Dortmund, Germany

Destination
Palma Mallorca, Spain

Aircraft Registration
D-AGWJ

Aircraft Type
Airbus A319

ICAO Type Designator
A319

A Germanwings Airbus A319-100, registration D-AGWJ performing flight 4U-4594 from Dortmund (Germany) to Palma Mallorca,SP (Spain) with 120 passengers, was enroute at FL370 about 60nm northnortheast of Geneva (Switzerland) when the crew donned their oxygen masks, declared emergency reporting fumes in the cockpit and diverted the aircraft to Geneva. Geneva Airport kept the runway sterile for about 20 minutes stopping departures and sending arrivals into holds, one of the arrivals had to divert to Zurich (Switzerland) as result. The incident aircraft landed safely on Geneva's runway 23 about 19 minutes after leaving FL370, the crew was still on oxygen masks during landing. The aircraft taxied to the apron, where the passengers disembarked normally.

A replacement Airbus A319-100 registration D-AGWL was dispatched to Geneva, continued the flight and reached Palma Mallorca with a delay of 4.5 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 12, 2013

Classification
Incident

Airline
Germanwings

Flight number
4U-4594

Departure
Dortmund, Germany

Destination
Palma Mallorca, Spain

Aircraft Registration
D-AGWJ

Aircraft Type
Airbus A319

ICAO Type Designator
A319

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