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Austrian B-737 inverts route due to smoke in cockpit

Vienna, Austria - Emergency landing succeeded, no one injured on board

The pilot of an Austrian Airlines B-737/800, shortly after taking off today from Vienna-Schwechat international airport to Sofia, Bulgaria, and after seeing smoke in the cockpit, decided to invert the route and make an emergency landing, perfectly successful. The news has been confirmed by Livia Dandrea-Boehm, carrier's spokeswoman, precising that the plane was carrying 72 passengers and the crew-members,...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1100801
Rome, Italy, 03/06/2009 18:15
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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