Incident: TAP A343 near Lisbon on Oct 29th 2015, cargo smoke indication

A TAP Air Portugal Airbus A340-300, registration CS-TOC performing flight TP-15 from Lisbon (Portugal) to Recife,PE (Brazil) with 274 people on board, was climbing out of Lisbon when the crew stopped the climb at FL240 reporting a cargo smoke indication. The aircraft returned to Lisbon for a safe landing about 40 minutes after departure. Emergency services did not find evidence of fire or heat.

A replacement Airbus A340-300 registration CS-TOB departed with a delay of about 3:15 hours and is estimated to reach Recife with a delay of 2:45 hours.