Created Saturday, Oct 22nd 2022 18:55Z, last updated Saturday, Oct 22nd 2022 18:55Z
A THY Turkish Airlines Airbus A321-200N, registration TC-LSR performing flight
TK-1988 from London Heathrow,EN (UK) to Istanbul (Turkey), was enroute at FL350 about 75nm eastsoutheast of Frankfurt/Main (Germany) when the crew declared Mayday reporting a cargo fire and decided to divert to Frankfurt. The aircraft landed safely on Frankfurt's runway 25C about 25 minutes after leaving FL350. Attending emergency services found no trace of fire, heat or smoke.
The aircraft remained on the ground in Frankfurt for about 4 hours, then continued the journey and reached Istanbul with a delay of about 4.5 hours.
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