Germanwings A320 near Munich on Sep 23rd 2014, fan woes

Last Update: September 23, 2014 / 21:01:51 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 23, 2014

Classification
Incident

Flight number
4U-8891

Aircraft Registration
D-AIQH

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A Germanwings Airbus A320-200, registration D-AIQH performing flight 4U-8891 from Rome Fiumicino (Italy) to Berlin Tegel (Germany), was enroute at FL360 about 85nm south of Munich at the border Italy/Austria when the crew reported a fan overheat indication and associated odour in cockpit and cabin. The aircraft diverted to Munich (Germany) for a safe landing on runway 26L about 20 minutes later. Emergency services did not detect any indication of fire, heat or smoke and followed the aircraft to the apron.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Munich about 7 hours later.

A passenger reported the captain announced they had an overheat indication for one of the air conditioning fans and according odour in cockpit and cabin in the area of the aft galley.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 23, 2014

Classification
Incident

Flight number
4U-8891

Aircraft Registration
D-AIQH

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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