Wizz Air flight makes emergency landing in Budapest due to smoke in the cabin
A Wizz Air flight travelling between Craiova and London-Luton made an emergency landing in Budapest early Sunday morning after smoke entered the cabin of the plane, causing two crew members to feel unwell.
The W4 3751 flight took off from Craiova Airport in Romania before dawn. While en route to London-Luton, the plane was already in Hungarian airspace when the crew decided to divert the flight due to smoke entering the cabin through the air conditioning system, AIRportal.hu reports.
The pilots turned the aircraft towards Budapest near Kecskemét and safely landed on runway 13R at Liszt Ferenc International Airport at 6:11 AM. After landing, the plane rolled to its assigned gate. Before the landing, the crew informed air traffic control that two crew members were feeling unwell.
The Airbus A320, registered as HA-LWM, was carrying 180 passengers and 6 crew members at the time of the incident.
AIRportal.hu contacted both the airline and the airport regarding the event. In a brief statement, Budapest Airport confirmed that the Wizz Air flight W4 3751 from Craiova to Luton was diverted to Budapest due to technical and health reasons. They added that passengers were transported to the transit zone, where airport staff provided them with water upon arrival. The flight resumed its journey to Luton at 9:51 AM after the plane and crew were replaced.
The affected aircraft, a 12.5-year-old Airbus A320, is one of the oldest in Wizz Air’s fleet, according to AIRportal.hu.
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This same aircraft HA-LWM had an accident during landing in Rome (2013 June 8)
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