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An easyjet A320 aircraft (stock image) (Image: NurPhoto via Getty Images)<\/p>\nA smoke alarm went off and the flight was divertedAn easyjet A320 aircraft (stock image) (Image: NurPhoto via Getty Images)<\/p>\n
An easyJet flight from Paphos to Bristol Airport<\/a> had to be diverted after a technical issue caused a ‘smoke smell’ on board, the airline has confirmed.<\/p>\n The flight from the Cypriot city had to make an emergency landing in Izmir, Turkey, on Saturday evening.<\/p>\n According to information on AirLive<\/a>, the Airbus A320 aircraft was cruising at 36,000 feet when it ‘suddenly turned around to the west of Turkey and started its descent’.<\/p>\n Details went on to state that as a smoke alarm went off in the plane, the crew decided to divert to Izmir where it reportedly landed an hour and 20 minutes after departure.<\/p>\n A statement from easyJet<\/a> on Saturday, June 15, said: “We can confirm that flight EZY2902 from Paphos to Bristol<\/a> diverted to Izmir due to a technical issue which resulted in a smoke smell onboard.<\/p>\n Content cannot be displayed without consent<\/p>\n “The aircraft landed safely in Izmir and was met by emergency services as a routine and precautionary measure only.<\/p>\n “All passengers disembarked as normal into the terminal and were provided with hotel accommodation and meals where required.<\/p>\n “Passengers will continue to Bristol on a replacement aircraft later today.<\/p>\n “The safety of our customers and crew is easyJet’s highest priority and easyJet operates its fleet of aircraft in strict compliance with all manufacturers\u2019 guidelines.<\/p>\n “We would like to thank customers for their understanding and apologise for the inconvenience caused.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A smoke alarm went off and the flight was divertedAn easyjet A320 aircraft (stock image) (Image: NurPhoto via…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":185961,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8818],"tags":[381,21283,748,1011,393,4884,2406,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-185960","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bristol","8":"tag-bristol","9":"tag-bristol-airport","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-easyjet","12":"tag-england","13":"tag-great-britain","14":"tag-holidays","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114686566331951735","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185960"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185960\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/185961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}