By Simon Hradecky, created Sunday, Jan 24th 2021 16:49Z, last updated Sunday, Jan 24th 2021 16:49Z

A Capital Airlines Beijing Airbus A321-200, registration B-8189 performing flight JD-5166 from Harbin to Guangzhou (China), was enroute at 9800 meters (FL321) about 30nm southeast of Beijing's Capital Airport when the crew received a cargo smoke indication and decided to divert to Beijing's Capital Airport. The aircraft landed safely on Capital Airport's runway 36R about 25 minutes later.

The airline reported the crew received a cargo smoke indication and acted according to the relevant procedures. The aircraft landed safely, the passengers were "settled", another aircraft is going to continue the flight. First inspection of the occurrence aircraft suggests the smoke indication was false.