Azul E195 at Rio de Janeiro on Apr 12th 2021, smoke on board

Last Update: April 15, 2021 / 20:01:03 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 12, 2021

Classification
Incident

Airline
Azul Linhas Aereas

Flight number
AD-4040

Departure
Rio de Janeiro Santos Dumont, Brazil

Destination
Sao Paulo Viracopos, Brazil

Aircraft Registration
PR-AUE

Aircraft Type
Embraer ERJ-195

ICAO Type Designator
E195

An Azul Linhas Aereas Embraer ERJ-195, registration PR-AUE performing flight AD-4040 from Rio de Janeiro Santos Dumont,RJ to Sao Paulo Viracopos,SP (Brazil), was climbing out of Santos Dumont's runway 20L when the crew stopped the climb at about FL150 declaring emergency reporting smoke on board and a burning odour. During the following descent the smoke subsided. The aircraft diverted to Rio de Janeiro's Galeao Airport for a safe landing on longer runway 15 about 20 minutes after departure. Two passengers felt bad and requested assistance by the airport's medical services.

A replacement Embraer ERJ-195 registration PR-AXY reached Viracopos Airport as flight AD-9350 with a delay of about 3:15 hours.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground at Galeao Airport about 24 hours after landing there.

The airline stated that the flight diverted to Galeao Airport due to technical problems. The aircraft landed normally, the passengers disembarked normally.

On Apr 15th 2021 Brazil's CENIPA reported cabin crew detected a burning odour in the cabin and observed smoke. The crew declared emergency and decided to divert to Galeao Airport. A pack alert indication followed. The aircraft landed without further incident. The occurrence was rated an incident.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 12, 2021

Classification
Incident

Airline
Azul Linhas Aereas

Flight number
AD-4040

Departure
Rio de Janeiro Santos Dumont, Brazil

Destination
Sao Paulo Viracopos, Brazil

Aircraft Registration
PR-AUE

Aircraft Type
Embraer ERJ-195

ICAO Type Designator
E195

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