SAS A319 at Gdansk on Jun 20th 2017, smoke in cabin

Last Update: February 6, 2018 / 18:25:44 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 20, 2017

Classification
Incident

Cause
Smoke in cabin

Airline
SAS Scandinavian Airlines

Flight number
SK-1758

Departure
Gdansk, Poland

Destination
Copenhagen, Denmark

Aircraft Registration
OY-KBR

Aircraft Type
Airbus A319

ICAO Type Designator
A319

A SAS Scandinavian Airlines Airbus A319-100, registration OY-KBR performing flight SK-1758 from Gdansk (Poland) to Copenhagen (Denmark) with 88 passengers and 5 crew, was in the initial climb out of Gdansk's runway 29 when the crew donned their oxygen masks, stopped the climb at about 4000 feet declaring Mayday, Mayday, Mayday and reporting smoke in the cabin. The crew turned right for a right downwind to runway 29, advised they would be stopping on the runway, performed a visual approach to runway 29 and landed safely back about 9 minutes after departure. The aircraft was evacuated via slides. Emergency services found no trace of fire or heat.

The airport was closed for about 2 hours as result until all passengers were bussed to the terminal and the aircraft had been towed off the runway.

A passenger reported immediately after becoming airborne a lot of smoke appeared in the cabin.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Gdansk about 12 hours after landing back.

The flight was cancelled, the passengers were rebooked onto other flights.

On Feb 6th 2018 Poland's PKBWL reported an oil leak into a defective air conditioning system exchanger caused smoke to enter the cabin through the air conditioning system. There were no injuries.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 20, 2017

Classification
Incident

Cause
Smoke in cabin

Airline
SAS Scandinavian Airlines

Flight number
SK-1758

Departure
Gdansk, Poland

Destination
Copenhagen, Denmark

Aircraft Registration
OY-KBR

Aircraft Type
Airbus A319

ICAO Type Designator
A319

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