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| Date: | Wednesday 16 January 2019 |
| Time: | 20:05 |
| Type: |  Boeing 747-8R7F |
| Owner/operator: | Cargolux |
| Registration: | LX-VCJ |
| MSN: | 38077/1490 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2014 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KUL/WMKK) -
 Malaysia
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KUL/WMKK) |
| Zhengzhou-Xinzheng International Airport (CGO/ZHCC) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Cargolux flight CV7303 returned to land at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Malaysia, following a fire in the cockpit.
The aircraft, a Boeing 747-8, departed Kuala Lumpur at 11:54 UTC. Eleven minutes later the flight stopped the climb at 16250 feet. An emergency was declared and the flight turned back. The aircraft landed on runway 32R at 12:27 UTC, vacated the runway via taxiway A4 and stopped on taxiway A.
No one was injured in the incident.
Sources:
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/cv7303#1f326f83
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Cargolux confirms that its flight CV7303 en-route from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to Zhengzhou, China, returned to KUL shortly following take-off. An emergency was declared after the crew reported the presence of fire and smoke in the cockpit.#CV7303
— Cargolux Airlines (@Cargolux_Intl) January 16, 2019
Dear passengers, we regret to share that a cargo aircraft, Cargolux flight CV7303 experienced fire in the cockpit and proceeded for an emergency landing at our Runway 1 (32R) of KL International Airport.
— Malaysia Airports (@MY_Airports) 16 januari 2019
Incident Boeing 747-800F (with registration LX-VCJ) on 16th January 2019 on flight Cargolux CV7303 from Kuala Lumpur/KUL (Malaysia) to Zhengzhou/CGO (Che-nan, China), which was diverted to Kuala Lumpur due fire in the cockpit. Nobody was injured. pic.twitter.com/h91b7ng7wV
— Tomáš Semrád (@Tomas40916602) 16 janvier 2019
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| 16-Jan-2019 14:22 | harro | Added |
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| 16-Jan-2019 14:25 | harro | Updated [Operator, Location, Embed code, Photo, ] |
| 16-Jan-2019 14:43 | harro | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 16-Jan-2019 14:52 | harro | Updated [Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 16-Jan-2019 14:56 | harro | Updated [Date, Embed code, ] |
| 17-Jan-2019 14:59 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code, ] |
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