Today, airblue Airbus A321neo aircraft registration AP-BOE flight PA412 to Sharjah returned to Lahore for some reason.
The aircraft departed from Lahore Airport Runway 18R at 12:50 AM and landed safely on Lahore Airport Runway 36L at 1:01 AM. Maximum altitude attained by the aircraft was 4,150 feet. Flight PA412 was scheduled to depart from Lahore at 12:30 AM.
airblue Airbus A321neo aircraft registration AP-BOE was unable to resume flight PA412.
airblue Airbus A321 registration AP-BMO as replacement aircraft departed from Lahore at 9:29 AM as flight PA412 to Sharjah. Flight PA412 was scheduled to depart from Lahore at 12:30 AM.
For some reason, airblue Airbus A321neo aircraft registration AP-BOE has not returned to service since returning to Lahore as Lahore to Sharjah flight PA412 on July 26.
Today, airblue Airbus A321neo aircraft registration AP-BOE returned to service since when it departed from Lahore at 2:50 PM as flight PA410 to Dubai. The flight was scheduled to depart at 2:40 PM.
Information on The Aviation Herald, July 26 airblue Airbus A321neo aircraft registration AP-BOE flight PA412 to Sharjah returned to Lahore after takeoff due to rear cargo smoke indication.
Animal meat loaded on aircraft was not adequately packed. It generated humidity which augmented the prevailing high humidity level in the sealed aft cargo compartment leading to in-flight spurious smoke warning.
Contributing Factors
Lack of elaborated instructions for the packing and loading of perishable goods, animal meat etc. on the aircraft.
Spurious smoke warning occurred due to design limitation of smoke detector.
