Source: www.avherald.com

An Easyjet Airbus A321-200, registration G-POWU performing flight U2-8386 from Kefallinia (Greece) to London Gatwick,EN (UK), was enroute at FL360 about 270nm southeast of Milan Malpensa when the crew descended the aircraft to FL240 but continued in the general direction towards London. The aircraft was about 100nm southeast of Milan Malpensa when the crew decided to divert to Milan Malpensa reporting smoke in the cockpit. The aircraft landed safely on Malpensa’s runway 35R about 20 minutes after the decision to divert and about 40 minutes after leaving FL360. A replacement A320-200 registration OE-IVI reached London Gatwick with a delay of about 2 hours. The occurrence aircraft returned to service about 27 hours after landing.