Canada E190 near Thunder Bay and Winnipeg on Aug 1st 2018, burning odour and temporariy failure of avionics computer

Last Update: August 14, 2018 / 20:28:22 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 1, 2018

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air Canada

Flight number
AC-1113

Destination
Regina, Canada

Aircraft Registration
C-FMZB

Aircraft Type
Embraer ERJ-190

ICAO Type Designator
E190

An Air Canada Embraer ERJ-190, registration C-FMZB performing flight AC-1113 from Toronto,ON to Regina,SK (Canada) with 60 people on board, was enroute at FL400 over Thunder Bay,ON (Canada) when the crew noticed a burning odour in the cockpit. Later, near Winnipeg,MB (Canada) an avionics computer failed briefly followed by another event of burning odour in the cockpit. The crew declared emergency and diverted to Winnipeg for a safe landing.

The Canadian TSB reported maintenance replaced the power supplies of both MAU 1 and MAU 2 and the MAU 1 NIC processor.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 1, 2018

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air Canada

Flight number
AC-1113

Destination
Regina, Canada

Aircraft Registration
C-FMZB

Aircraft Type
Embraer ERJ-190

ICAO Type Designator
E190

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