Spirit A319 near Tampa on Jan 6th 2020, passengers not feeling well due to fumes

Last Update: January 8, 2020 / 21:42:02 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 6, 2020

Classification
Accident

Airline
Spirit Airlines

Flight number
NK-1030

Departure
Cancun, Mexico

Destination
Baltimore, United States

Aircraft Registration
N534NK

Aircraft Type
Airbus A319

ICAO Type Designator
A319

A Spirit Airlines Airbus A319-100, registration N534NK performing flight NK-1030 from Cancun (Mexico) to Baltimore,MD (USA) with 150 people on board, was enroute at FL370 about 150nm southwest of Tampa,FL (USA) when the crew donned their oxygen masks and decided to divert to Tampa due to fumes on board. The aircraft landed safely on runway 01L about 28 minutes later, at least one of the pilots still on oxygen. The aircraft vacated the runway, the crew requested to taxi to an international gate and advised through oxygen mask "not feeling well, passengers, due to fumes". The aircraft taxied to the international terminal with emergency services following the aircraft. Emergency services advised they had two medical units available to treat passengers feeling unwell, the captain advised he was just informed two flight attendants were vomitting, one of them getting a tightness in the chest.

The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground in Tampa for 16 hours, then positioned to Orlando,FL (USA), remained on the ground in Orlando for another 8 hours and resumed service.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 6, 2020

Classification
Accident

Airline
Spirit Airlines

Flight number
NK-1030

Departure
Cancun, Mexico

Destination
Baltimore, United States

Aircraft Registration
N534NK

Aircraft Type
Airbus A319

ICAO Type Designator
A319

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