Easyjet A320 near Cologne on Apr 11th 2015, smoke in cockpit
Last Update: April 12, 2015 / 13:36:58 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Apr 11, 2015
Classification
Incident
Cause
Smoke in cockpit
Airline
Easyjet
Flight number
U2-5455
Departure
London Gatwick, United Kingdom
Destination
Paphos, Cyprus
Aircraft Registration
G-EZUT
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
Passengers reported they did not notice anything amiss until the crew announced they were diverting to Cologne.
A replacement Airbus A320-200 registration G-EZTK positioned to Cologne and continued the flight delivering the passengers to Paphos with a delay of 7 hours.
The occurrence aircraft was able to position back to London the following day about 19 hours after landing.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Apr 11, 2015
Classification
Incident
Cause
Smoke in cockpit
Airline
Easyjet
Flight number
U2-5455
Departure
London Gatwick, United Kingdom
Destination
Paphos, Cyprus
Aircraft Registration
G-EZUT
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
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