Germanwings A319 at Hamburg on Dec 20th 2015, smoke in cockpit due to air conditioning
Last Update: December 21, 2015 / 23:18:11 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 20, 2015
Classification
Incident
Cause
Smoke in cockpit
Airline
Germanwings
Flight number
4U-30
Departure
Cologne, Germany
Destination
Hamburg, Germany
Aircraft Registration
D-AGWA
Aircraft Type
Airbus A319
ICAO Type Designator
A319
A passenger reported that the passenger were unaware of anything wrong with the aircraft until after landing when emergency services surrounded the aircraft for a couple a minutes and subsequently followed the aircraft to the gate. The captain subsequently announced that there had been an alarm indicating the air conditioning had overheated and needed to be shut down.
A listener on frequency reported the crew declared emergency on final approach reporting smoke in the cockpit due to a defective air conditioning system.
The return flight 4U-31 was cancelled.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 20, 2015
Classification
Incident
Cause
Smoke in cockpit
Airline
Germanwings
Flight number
4U-30
Departure
Cologne, Germany
Destination
Hamburg, Germany
Aircraft Registration
D-AGWA
Aircraft Type
Airbus A319
ICAO Type Designator
A319
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