Germanwings A319 at Hamburg on Jan 29th 2017, unidentified odour on board
Last Update: February 7, 2017 / 21:32:00 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jan 29, 2017
Classification
Accident
Airline
Germanwings
Flight number
4U-7218
Departure
Hamburg, Germany
Destination
Stockholm, Sweden
Aircraft Registration
D-AGWY
Aircraft Type
Airbus A319
ICAO Type Designator
A319
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
Airline
Germanwings
Flight number
4U-7218
Departure
Hamburg, Germany
Destination
Stockholm, Sweden
Aircraft Registration
D-AGWY
Aircraft Type
Airbus A319
ICAO Type Designator
A319
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