Source: Simon Hradecky | www.avherald.com

An Eurowings Airbus A319-100, registration D-ABGQ performing flight EW-9463 from London Heathrow,EN (UK) to Dusseldorf (Germany), was climbing through FL120 out of Heathrow’s runway 27L when the crew stopped the climb, donned their oxygen masks reporting smoke in the cabin and decided to return to Heathrow. The crew advised ATC they wanted to vacate the runway and stop on the adjacent taxiway to have emergency services check the aircraft for any smoke in and outside of the cabin. The aircraft landed safely on Heathrow’s runway 27R about 15 minutes after departure, vacated the runway via taxiway A6 and stopped immediately after crossing the hold short line. Emergency services inspected the aircraft.

The passengers disembarked onto the taxiway, were taken to the terminal and rebooked onto other flights.