Jetstar Japan A320 near Tokyo on Sep 20th 2015, burning odour in cockpit

Last Update: September 21, 2015 / 13:12:58 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 20, 2015

Classification
Incident

Flight number
GK-105

Destination
Sapporo, Japan

Aircraft Registration
JA04JJ

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A Jetstar Japan Airbus A320-200, registration JA04JJ performing flight GK-105 from Tokyo Narita to Sapporo (Japan) with 183 people on board, was climbing out of Narita Airport when the crew stopped the climb at FL100 reporting a burning odour in the cockpit and decided to return to Tokyo for a safe landing on Narita's runway 34R about 25 minutes after departure.

A replacement A320-200 registration JA11JJ reached Sapporo with a delay of 2 hours.

The airline reported an equipment cooling fan seized.

Japan's Ministry of Transport confirmed an equipment cooling fan was identified as source of the burning odour.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 20, 2015

Classification
Incident

Flight number
GK-105

Destination
Sapporo, Japan

Aircraft Registration
JA04JJ

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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