Alitalia A320 near Alexandria on Jul 28th 2014, smoke in cockpit

An Alitalia Airbus A320-200, registration EI-DSD performing flight AZ-897 from Cairo (Egypt) to Rome Fiumicino (Italy) with 118 passengers and 6 crew, was climbing out of Cairo when the crew stopped the climb at about FL250 and diverted to Alexandria (Egypt) reporting smoke in the cockpit. The aircraft landed safely on Alexandria's runway 32.

Passengers reported they are currently without information at the terminal in Alexandria.

Alexandria's Borg el Arab Airport reported the passengers disembarked and are in the waiting lounge while the aircraft is being repaired.