Germanwings A319 near Barcelona on Jul 8th 2017, fumes on board

Last Update: October 26, 2017 / 14:27:41 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 8, 2017

Classification
Incident

Cause
Fumes on board

Airline
Germanwings

Flight number
4U-8526

Departure
Berlin Tegel, Germany

Destination
Barcelona, Spain

Aircraft Registration
D-AKNH

Aircraft Type
Airbus A319

ICAO Type Designator
A319

A Germanwings Airbus A319-100, registration D-AKNH performing flight 4U-8526 from Berlin Tegel (Germany) to Barcelona,SP (Spain) with 143 passengers, was descending towards Barcelona when a nasty odour developed on board of the aircraft. The crew continued for a safe landing on Barcelona's runway 07L.

The entire crew went to a hospital for medical checks.

The return flight was cancelled. The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground for about 29.5 hours, then positioned to Berlin Tegel. The aircraft remained on the ground at Tegel Airport for another 40 hours before returning to service.

Germany's BFU reported on Jul 11th 2017, that the occurrence was reported to the BFU, the BFU is currently collecting further information to rate the occurrences. On Oct 26th 2017 the BFU reported the occurrence was not rated serious incident or accident and is not being investigated.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 8, 2017

Classification
Incident

Cause
Fumes on board

Airline
Germanwings

Flight number
4U-8526

Departure
Berlin Tegel, Germany

Destination
Barcelona, Spain

Aircraft Registration
D-AKNH

Aircraft Type
Airbus A319

ICAO Type Designator
A319

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