Serious Incident to the Airbus A320 registered EI-GAL and operated by Aer Lingus on 02/11/2017 en route [Investigation led by AAIU / Ireland]

Preliminary data based on the notification from the Irish authorities:

Cockpit fumes followed by turnback to Cork Airport.

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General information
Local date	02/11/2017
Responsible entity	Ireland - AAIU
State or area of occurrence	Ireland
Location	En croisière
Human consequences	None
Aircraft consequences	Minor
Occurrence class	Serious incident
File number	BEA2017-0614

Flight Information
Aircraft category	Aeroplane - Large aeroplane
Operator	Ireland - Aer Lingus Teoranta
Manufacturer / Model	AIRBUS - A320
Aircraft Registration	EI-GAL
State of registry	Ireland
Last departure point	Ireland - EICK (ORK): Cork
Planned destination	United Kingdom - EGLL (LHR): London/Heathrow
Flight phase	En route
Serial number	3789
Operator Type AG
Operation Type	Commercial Air Transport - Passenger - Airline

BEA is the French air safety investigation authority for civil aviation. The sole objective of the investigation is to improve air safety. It is intended neither to apportion blame nor to assess responsiblity.