United A320 near Tampa on May 21st 2012, smoke in cabin

Last Update: May 21, 2012 / 20:34:46 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 21, 2012

Airline
United

Flight number
UA-831

Destination
Cancun, Mexico

Aircraft Registration
N413UA

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A United Airbus A320-200, registration N413UA performing flight UA-831 from Washington Dulles,DC (USA) to Cancun (Mexico) with 127 people on board, was enroute at FL350 about 40nm northwest of Tampa,FL (USA) when the crew reported smoke in the cabin and decided to divert to Tampa for a safe landing on runway 01L about 25 minutes later.

A replacement Airbus A320-200 registration N433UA is estimated to reach Cancun with a delay of 8 hours.

The airport reported the smoke was caused by a technical problem.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 21, 2012

Airline
United

Flight number
UA-831

Destination
Cancun, Mexico

Aircraft Registration
N413UA

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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