An Egypt Air Airbus A320-200N, registration SU-GFJ performing flight MS-738 from Istanbul (Turkey) to Cairo (Egypt), was climbing out of Istanbul's runway 18 when the crew stopped the climb at 5000 feet declaring emergency reporting smoke in the cockpit. The aircraft returned to Istanbul for a safe landing on runway 17L about 14 minutes after departure.

An inspection revealed no issues, the aircraft departed again after about 4:15 hours on the ground and reached Cairo with a delay of about 5 hours.


This article is published under license. Article Source

Published Date