VB1000 - Incident: VivaAerobus A320 near Zacatecas on Dec 11th 2024

A VivaAerobus Airbus A320-200, registration 9H-SWI performing flight VB-1000 from Mexico City to Ciudad Juarez (Mexico), was enroute at FL340 about 40nm east of Zacatecas (Mexico) when the crew decided to divert to Zacatecas reporting there was smell and smoke on board. The aircraft landed safely on Zacatecas' runway 20 about 20 minutes later.

The airline reported a burning smell and smoke came out of the cabin, the aircraft therefore diverted to the nearest airport.

A replacement A320-200 registration XA-VDB reached Ciudad Juarez with a delay of about 5:45 hours.

The occurrence aircraft positioned to Monterrey (Mexico) after about 6 hours on the ground in Zacatecas and returned to service the following day about 24 hours after landing in Zacatecas.