Last Sunday, a SunExpress flight between Antalya and Berlin had to make an emergency landing into Budapest due to an onboard oven causing smoke in the cabin.
Information has been released pertinent to the incident at hand, which we will get into in this article.
Without further ado, let’s get into it…
SunExpress Flight XQ662 – Antalya to Berlin: Budapest Emergency Landing!…
SunExpress flight XQ662, which suffered the emergency landing in Budapest, is a routine scheduled flight between Antalya and Berlin.
Furthermore, the aircraft involved in the incident was TC-SUU.
As per data from Planespotters.net, TC-SUU is a 23.4 year old Boeing 737-800 that originally started out life with City Bird in May 2001.
In October 2001, it was handed over to lessor Boullioun Aviation Services, who then sent it to Virgin Blue by December.
Then in April 2005, SunExpress took delivery of the aircraft.
Moreover, of the 737-800 variant, the Turkish carrier has 57 of them in their fleet.
Within the 57, all of them are in active service, with an average fleet age of 13.1 years.
As well as the 737-800, the Turkish carrier has the following other aircraft in their mainline fleet:
- 4 Airbus A320s.
- 15 Boeing 737 MAX 8s.
SunExpress flight XQ662, which suffered the emergency landing in Budapest, departed Antalya at 1747 local time on September 8 and initially climbed north towards Berlin.
As per The Aviation Herald, the crew opted to make an emergency diversion to Budapest due to smoke in the cabin.
From there, the aircraft proceeded to descend into the Hungarian airport, landing safely without further incident.
It is understood the smoke was caused by the oven in the back galley suffering a short.
Aircraft Grounded Overnight As A Result…
Following the emergency landing onboard SunExpress flight XQ662 Antalya-Berlin in Budapest, TC-SUU remained grounded overnight due to the faulty oven causing smoke in the cabin.
As per RadarBox, TC-SUU repositioned back to Antalya on September 9 and later re-entered commercial service.
Moreover, no additional issues have been reported with the aircraft following the incident.
As soon as we have more information pertinent to this, then we will update you accordingly.
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