Air France A321 near Amsterdam on Feb 3rd 2014, smoke on board

Last Update: February 4, 2014 / 00:30:53 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 3, 2014

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air France

Flight number
AF-1340

Aircraft Registration
F-GTAS

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321

ICAO Type Designator
A321

An Air France Airbus A321-200, registration F-GTAS performing flight AF-1340 from Paris Charles de Gaulle (France) to Amsterdam (Netherlands), was descending towards Amsterdam when the crew declared emergency reporting smoke on board of the aircraft. The aircraft landed safely on runway 06, while taxiing to the terminal emergency services were told there was smoke and vibrations from the right hand engine (CFM56).

The return flight AF-1341 was cancelled.

The incident aircraft was able to position back to Paris departing Amsterdam about 8 hours after landing.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 3, 2014

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air France

Flight number
AF-1340

Aircraft Registration
F-GTAS

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321

ICAO Type Designator
A321

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