Niki A320 near Saragossa on Dec 14th 2015, odour in cabin
Last Update: December 16, 2015 / 21:17:18 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 14, 2015
Classification
Incident
Airline
Niki
Flight number
HG-8980
Departure
Vienna, Austria
Destination
Madrid, Spain
Aircraft Registration
OE-LEE
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
The airline told Austrianwings that an odour in the forward cabin, that could not be clearly identified, prompted the crew to divert to Saragossa for a precautionary landing. Although there was no fire and no smoke the captain opted to declared PAN. Following safe landing the passengers were bussed to Madrid.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 14, 2015
Classification
Incident
Airline
Niki
Flight number
HG-8980
Departure
Vienna, Austria
Destination
Madrid, Spain
Aircraft Registration
OE-LEE
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
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