Source: Simon Hradecky | www.avherald.com

A Sunexpress Deutschland Boeing 737-800, registration D-ASXJ performing flight XG-4665 from Nuremberg (Germany) to Hurghada (Egypt), was climbing out of Nuremberg when the crew stopped the climb at about FL270 reporting smoke in the cockpit and diverted to Munich (Germany) for a safe landing on runway 26R about 30 minutes after departure.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Munich about 13 hours after landing. The flight was cancelled as was the return flight XG-4824 to Cologne (Germany).