Source: Simon Hradecky | www.avherald.com

An Easyjet Europe Airbus A320-200, registration OE-ING performing flight U2-4592 from Lisbon (Portugal) to Paris Charles de Gaulle (France) with 141 people on board, was enroute at FL380 about 60nm northwest of Bilbao,SP (Spain) when the crew donned their oxygen masks, declared Mayday and decided to divert to Bilbao reporting smoke in the cockpit. The aircraft landed safely on runway 12 about 20 minutes later.

A replacement A320-200 registration OE-IZG reached Paris with a delay of about 5 hours.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Bilbao about 8.5 hours after landing.