Serious incident to the Airbus A320 registered JY-PTD and operated by Air Arabia on 09/01/2018 near Khartoum [Investigation led by AIB / Sudan]

Preliminary data based on the notification from the Sudanese authorities:

Shortly after take off the aircraft experienced smoke and fire on one of the overhead hand luggage compartment, the fire was contained and the aircraft returned and landed safely at Khartoum Airport.

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General information
Local date	09/01/2018
Responsible entity	Sudan - AIB
State or area of occurrence	Sudan
Location	AD Khartoum
Human consequences	None
Aircraft consequences	None
Occurrence class	Serious incident
File number	BEA2018-0013

Flight Information
Aircraft category	Aeroplane - Large aeroplane
Operator	Jordan - Other (Air Arabia)
Manufacturer / Model	AIRBUS - A320
Aircraft Registration	JY-PTD
State of registry	Jordan
Last departure point	Sudan - HSSS (KRT) : Khartoum
Planned destination	United Arab Emirates - OMSJ (SHJ) : Sharjah/Intl
Flight phase	En route
Serial number	2764
Operator Type AG
Operation Type	Commercial Air Transport - Passenger

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.