Germanwings A319 at Hamburg on Jan 29th 2017, unidentified odour on board

Last Update: February 7, 2017 / 21:32:00 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 29, 2017

Classification
Accident

Flight number
4U-7218

Aircraft Registration
D-AGWY

Aircraft Type
Airbus A319

ICAO Type Designator
A319

A Germanwings Airbus A319-100, registration D-AGWY performing flight 4U-7218 from Hamburg (Germany) to Stockholm (Sweden) with 141 passengers, was climbing out of Hamburg when the crew stopped the climb at FL150 due to an unidentified odour on board causing respiratory problems and nausea to a number of passengers. The aircraft returned to Hamburg for a safe landing on runway 15 about 20 minutes after departure. Waiting emergency services took care of 6 passengers, 3 passengers were delivered to hospitals with respiratory problems.

Local Emergency services confirmed the aircraft returned due to an unknown odour on board, 6 passengers required medical attention, 3 of them were taken to hospitals with respiratory irritations. The cause of the odour is unclear.

On Feb 7th 2017 the BFU reported that following analysis of extensive documents the occurrence was rated an incident and is not being investigated by the BFU.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 29, 2017

Classification
Accident

Flight number
4U-7218

Aircraft Registration
D-AGWY

Aircraft Type
Airbus A319

ICAO Type Designator
A319

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