British Airways A319 at Frankfurt on Apr 11th 2014, smoke in cockpit
Last Update: September 5, 2014 / 14:31:47 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Apr 11, 2014
Classification
Incident
Cause
Smoke in cockpit
Airline
British Airways
Flight number
BA-909
Departure
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Destination
London Heathrow, United Kingdom
Aircraft Registration
G-EUPZ
Aircraft Type
Airbus A319
ICAO Type Designator
A319
The flight was cancelled, the passengers were rebooked onto other flights.
The incident aircraft was able to resume service on Apr 19th 2014.
On Sep 5th 2014 Germany's BFU reported in their April Bulletin that shortly after departure the crew donned their oxygen masks, reported smoke in the cockpit, declared PAN, PAN, PAN and returned to Frankfurt for a landing on runway 07C. Maintenance identified a defective fan in the avionics compartment and replaced the fan.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Apr 11, 2014
Classification
Incident
Cause
Smoke in cockpit
Airline
British Airways
Flight number
BA-909
Departure
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Destination
London Heathrow, United Kingdom
Aircraft Registration
G-EUPZ
Aircraft Type
Airbus A319
ICAO Type Designator
A319
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