Germanwings in serious incident - Smoke in the cockpit - Curt Lewis

Smoke in cockpit forces pilots into emergency landing

A Germanwings flight from Dresden to Düsseldorf was forced into an emergency landing on Monday evening after smoke appeared in the cockpit.

Flight 4U9023 was carrying 142 passengers and five crew when it lifted off from the Saxon capital headed for Düsseldorf.

Pilots reacted immediately when they noticed the smoke in the cockpit and were able to land the plane at around 9:50 pm, Bild reported.

Everyone was able to disembark safely from the plan when it landed.

Photos from the scene showed firefighters wearing breathing equipment entering the aircraft to check for the source of the smoke.

A spokeswoman for Germanwings told The Local on Tuesday morning that they had no further information about the cause of the smoke.

Meanwhile a second Germanwings flight from Düsseldorf to Faro in Portugal had to make an emergency landing in Bordeaux on Tuesday morning after an elderly passenger suffered heart problems.

GermanWings #4U9642 Squawking #7700 and is declaring general emergency and is diverting pic.twitter.com/ewbj5nYpsj

- Flight Information (@flight_info0) May 17, 2016
[Update] Germanwings flight #4U9642 Dusseldorf - Faro declared an emergency due to a male passenger aged 60-70 with heart problems.