Easyjet Switzerland A320 near Stuttgart on Dec 2nd 2016, smoke in cockpit
Last Update: December 3, 2016 / 17:58:54 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
                    Date of incident
                    
                        Dec 2, 2016                    
                
                    Classification
                    
                        
                        
                            
                            Incident                            
                        
                    
                    
                
                    Cause
                    
                        
                        
                            
                            Smoke in cockpit                            
                        
                    
                    
                
                    Airline
                    
                        
                        
                            
                            Easyjet Switzerland                            
                        
                    
                    
                
                    Flight number
                    
                                                                                    
                            
                            U2-1234                                                            
                                                                        
                
                    Departure
                    
                                                                                    
                                                        Budapest, Hungary                                                            
                                                                        
                
                    Destination
                    
                                                                                    
                                                        Basel/Mulhouse, France                                                            
                                                                        
                
                    Aircraft Registration
                    
                        
                            
                                
                            
                            HB-JXB                                                            
                                                                        
                
                    Aircraft Type
                    
                        
                        
                            
                            Airbus                            A320                            
                        
                    
                    
                
                    ICAO Type Designator
                    
                        
                        
                            
                            A320                            
                        
                    
                    
                
The airline reported the aircraft diverted to Stuttgart due to a technical defect. The 162 passengers disembarked normally and were bussed to Basel.
A ground observer reported emergency services reacted to a call because of smoke in the cockpit, were in their stand by positions for landing and after a first examination of the aircraft accompanied the aircraft from the runway to the apron and were overall engaged for about one hour after landing.
Aircraft Registration Data
Incident Facts
                    Date of incident
                    
                        Dec 2, 2016                    
                
                    Classification
                    
                        
                        
                            
                            Incident                            
                        
                    
                    
                
                    Cause
                    
                        
                        
                            
                            Smoke in cockpit                            
                        
                    
                    
                
                    Airline
                    
                        
                        
                            
                            Easyjet Switzerland                            
                        
                    
                    
                
                    Flight number
                    
                                                                                    
                            
                            U2-1234                                                            
                                                                        
                
                    Departure
                    
                                                                                    
                                                        Budapest, Hungary                                                            
                                                                        
                
                    Destination
                    
                                                                                    
                                                        Basel/Mulhouse, France                                                            
                                                                        
                
                    Aircraft Registration
                    
                        
                            
                                
                            
                            HB-JXB                                                            
                                                                        
                
                    Aircraft Type
                    
                        
                        
                            
                            Airbus                            A320                            
                        
                    
                    
                
                    ICAO Type Designator
                    
                        
                        
                            
                            A320                            
                        
                    
                    
                
                        
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