Incident: British Airways A319 at Frankfurt on Apr 11th 2014, smoke in cockpit

By Simon Hradecky, created Saturday, Apr 12th 2014 18:02Z, last updated Saturday, Apr 12th 2014 18:02Z A British Airways Airbus A319-100, registration G-EUPZ performing flight BA-909 from Frankfurt/Main (Germany) to London Heathrow,EN (UK), was in the initial climb out of Frankfurt's runway 18 when the crew reported smoke in the cockpit, stopped the climb at about 4000 feet, entered a right hand turn and landed safely on runway 07C (active runways 25) about 13 minutes after departure. The flight was cancelled, the passengers were rebooked onto other flights. The incident aircraft is still on the ground in Frankfurt 27 hours after landing.

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Reader Comments:

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always BA
By nick on Sunday, Apr 13th 2014 20:58Z

British airways' proper maintenance has gone down the drain lately....

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Well done
By Nazer on Saturday, Apr 12th 2014 22:07Z

A perfect job of ATC and CREW.nice decision and corporation.

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Crew
By Hostie on Saturday, Apr 12th 2014 21:54Z

Yeh a very silly comment indeed. The crew on this flight all ended up in hospital. I hope they get better soon.