Source: Simon Hradecky | www.avherald.com

An Edelweiss Airbus A340-300, registration HB-JMD performing flight WK-92 from Cartagena (Colombia) to Zurich (Switzerland) with 314 passengers and 13 crew, was climbing out of Cartagena when the crew stopped the climb at 8000 feet due to smoke in the cabin and decided to divert to Barranquilla (Colombia) for a safe landing about 30 minutes later.

The airline reported according to preliminary findings the cause of the smoke was a defect in the air conditioning system. There was no fire.

The aircraft is still on the ground in Barranquilla about 14 hours after landing.

According to information The Aviation Herald received there was a loud bang heard, then the cabin filled with heavy smoke and odour. Colombia’s Authorities pulled the black boxes and opened an investigation, suspecting a catastrophic failure of the #2 pack.