SAS with smoke warning - Cause unknown - Curt Lewis

Incident: SAS A343 near Copenhagen on Feb 4th 2017, cargo smoke indication

A SAS Scandinavian Airlines Airbus A340-300, registration OY-KBC performing flight SK-995 from Copenhagen (Denmark) to Beijing (China) with 56 people on board, was climbing out of Copenhagen when the crew stopped the climb at FL260 reporting a forward cargo smoke indication. The crew reported their equipment contained Lithium Metal Batteries, they were having 34 tons of fuel on board. The aircraft returned for a CATIII ILS approach to runway 22L and landed safely back about 75 minutes after departure. A replacement Airbus A340-300 registration OY-KBI reached Beijing with a delay of 4:15 hours. The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground 48 hours after landing back.