Incident

NK632 - Incident: Spirit A321 near Nassau on Mar 1st 2020

Created Wednesday, May 20th 2020 14:47Z, last updated Wednesday, May 20th 2020 14:47Z

Nassau Lynden Pindling International Airport
File photo: Nassau Lynden Pindling International Airport.

A Spirit Airlines Airbus A321-200, registration N682NK performing flight NK-632 from Santiago (Dominican Republic) to Fort Lauderdale,FL (USA) with 227 passengers and 5 crew, was enroute at FL340 about 80nm southsoutheast of Nassau (Bahamas) when the crew received an aft cargo smoke indication. The crew worked the related checklists and diverted to Nassau for a safe landing about 17 minutes later.

The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground for about 6 hours, then continued the flight to Fort Lauderdale and reached the destination with a delay of 6 hours.

The Bahama AAID reported: "The aircraft landed safely without incident, was deplaned and inspected by appropriate maintenance personnel. There were no injuries reported and the aircraft received no damages. A limited scope investigation was conducted and no safety recommendations issued."

Source: The Aviation Herald

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