Air France A320 at St. Petersburg on Jul 31st 2012, smoke and fire in cockpit

Last Update: August 2, 2012 / 21:20:49 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 31, 2012

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air France

Flight number
AF-1153

Aircraft Registration
F-GKXZ

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

An Air France Airbus A320-200, registration F-GKXZ performing flight AF-1153 from St. Petersburg (Russia) to Paris Charles de Gaulle (France), was climbing out of St. Petersburg's runway 28L when the crew reported smoke and fire in the cockpit, stopped the climb at about FL110 and returned to St. Petersburg for a safe landing on runway 28L about 14 minutes later.

Rosaviatsia reported the crew reported smoke and fire in the cockpit, emergency services found no trace of fire after landing.

The flight was cancelled.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 31, 2012

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air France

Flight number
AF-1153

Aircraft Registration
F-GKXZ

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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