British Airways A319 at Frankfurt on Apr 11th 2014, smoke in cockpit

Last Update: September 5, 2014 / 14:31:47 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 11, 2014

Classification
Incident

Flight number
BA-909

Aircraft Registration
G-EUPZ

Aircraft Type
Airbus A319

ICAO Type Designator
A319

A British Airways Airbus A319-100, registration G-EUPZ performing flight BA-909 from Frankfurt/Main (Germany) to London Heathrow,EN (UK), was in the initial climb out of Frankfurt's runway 18 when the crew reported smoke in the cockpit, stopped the climb at about 4000 feet, entered a right hand turn and landed safely on runway 07C (active runways 25) about 13 minutes after departure.

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

Flight number
BA-909

Aircraft Registration
G-EUPZ

Aircraft Type
Airbus A319

ICAO Type Designator
A319

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