SATA DH8D near Lajes on Oct 21st 2017, smoke in cockpit
Last Update: October 23, 2017 / 21:47:47 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 21, 2017
Classification
Incident
Cause
Smoke in cockpit
Airline
SATA Azores Airlines
Flight number
SP-479
Departure
Pico Island, Portugal
Destination
Lajes, Portugal
Aircraft Registration
CS-TRF
Aircraft Type
De Havilland Dash 8 (400)
ICAO Type Designator
DH8D
The airline reported there was smoke in the cockpit prompting the crew to declare emergency. The aircraft landed without further incident, as soon as the aircraft had landed the crew initiated a rapid disembarkation. There were no injuries and no damage. The aircraft was being examined and repaired.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Lajes (Terceira Island) 51 hours later.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 21, 2017
Classification
Incident
Cause
Smoke in cockpit
Airline
SATA Azores Airlines
Flight number
SP-479
Departure
Pico Island, Portugal
Destination
Lajes, Portugal
Aircraft Registration
CS-TRF
Aircraft Type
De Havilland Dash 8 (400)
ICAO Type Designator
DH8D
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