TK1668 - Incident: THY A321 at Hamburg on Jul 6th 2023

A THY Turkish Airlines Airbus A321-200, registration TC-JRR performing flight TK-1668 from Hamburg (Germany) to Istanbul (Turkey) with 156 people on board, was climbing out of Hamburg's runway 23 when the crew stopped the climb at about 10,000 feet due to a smoke indication. The aircraft returned to Hamburg for a safe landing on runway 23 about 18 minutes after departure.

The airline reported there had been smoke in the area of the rear galley ovens due to a technical malfunction.

The aircraft remained on the ground for about 4:45 hours, then departed again and reached Istanbul with a delay of about 5:15 hours.