Spirit A319 at New Orleans on Oct 24th 2013, smell of smoke in cabin

Last Update: October 25, 2013 / 21:00:45 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 24, 2013

Classification
Incident

Flight number
NK-365

Aircraft Registration
N512NK

Aircraft Type
Airbus A319

ICAO Type Designator
A319

A Spirit Airlines Airbus A319-100, registration N512NK performing flight NK-365 from New Orleans,LA to Dallas Ft. Worth,TX (USA) with 129 people on board, was climbing out of New Orleans when the crew stopped the climb at 14,000 feet and returned to New Orleans reporting a smokey odour on board. The aircraft landed safely on New Orleans' runway 20 about 18 minutes after departure.

The incident aircraft was able to depart again after about 3:15 hours on the ground and reached Dallas with a delay of 3 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 24, 2013

Classification
Incident

Flight number
NK-365

Aircraft Registration
N512NK

Aircraft Type
Airbus A319

ICAO Type Designator
A319

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