Source: Simon Hradecky | www.avherald.com

A Germania Airbus A321-200, registration D-ASTP performing flight ST-3712 from Nuremberg (Germany) to Las Palmas,CI (Spain), was climbing out of Nuremberg’s runway 28 when the crew stopped the climb at FL130 reporting smoke in the cockpit and decided to return to Nuremberg. The aircraft landed safely on Nuremberg’s runway 28 about 30 minutes after departure.

A replacement A319-100 registration D-ASTY reached Las Palmas with a delay of about 7:15 hours.

The occurrence aircraft returned to service the following day after about 21 hours on the ground. Maintenance found and replaced a device for the inflight entertainment system showing evidence of a short circuit.