Azul AT72 near Vitoria da Conquista on Jan 15th 2018, smoke on board

Last Update: January 17, 2018 / 20:35:27 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 15, 2018

Classification
Incident

Airline
Azul Linhas Aereas

Flight number
AD-9277

Departure
Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Destination
Vitoria da Conquista, Brazil

Aircraft Registration
PR-AQM

Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-72-200

ICAO Type Designator
AT72

An Azul Linhas Aereas Avions de Transport Regional ATR-72-212A, registration PR-AQM performing flight AD-9277 from Belo Horizonte,MG to Vitoria da Conquista,BA (Brazil) with 69 passengers and 5 crew, was descending towards Vitoria da Conquista when the crew donned their oxygen masks and declared Mayday reporting smoke on board. The aircraft continued for a safe landing on Vitoria da Conquista's runway 15. Attending emergency services identified some electronic component of the arcraft as the source of the smoke. The passengers disembarked normally.

The airline reported a technical problem prompted the crew to request a priority landing. The aircraft landed normally, the passengers disembarked normally, the aircraft was inspected.

The occurrence aircraft departed Vitoria da Conquista about 32 hours after landing and positioned back to Belo Horizonte at maximum FL100 and is now still on the ground in Belo Horizonte another 9 hours after landing in Belo Horizonte.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 15, 2018

Classification
Incident

Airline
Azul Linhas Aereas

Flight number
AD-9277

Departure
Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Destination
Vitoria da Conquista, Brazil

Aircraft Registration
PR-AQM

Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-72-200

ICAO Type Designator
AT72

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