Astana A320 near Shymkent on Jun 22nd 2012, medicine sets off cargo smoke detector
Last Update: June 22, 2012 / 15:19:59 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jun 22, 2012
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air Astana
Flight number
KC-111
Departure
Almaty, Kazakhstan
Destination
Baku, Azerbaijan
Aircraft Registration
P4-TAS
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
The airline reported that after passengers disembarked the luggage was unloaded and a passenger bag identified as source of the cargo fire indication. The passenger bag contained medicine which was confirmed to set the detector off. The medicine was removed and the aircraft released to continue the flight.
The incident aircraft is estimated to reach Baku with a delay of about 7 hours.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jun 22, 2012
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air Astana
Flight number
KC-111
Departure
Almaty, Kazakhstan
Destination
Baku, Azerbaijan
Aircraft Registration
P4-TAS
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
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