Expressjet E145 at Chicago on Feb 4th 2013, smoke in cockpit

Last Update: February 6, 2013 / 20:32:59 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 4, 2013

Classification
Incident

Cause
Smoke in cockpit

Airline
Expressjet

Flight number
EV-5828

Departure
Chicago O'Hare, United States

Destination
Ottawa, Canada

Aircraft Registration
N11121

Aircraft Type
Embraer ERJ-145

ICAO Type Designator
E145

An Expressjet Embraer ERJ-145 on behalf of United, registration N11121 performing flight EV-5828/UA-5828 from Chicago O'Hare,IL (USA) to Ottawa,ON (Canada) with 38 people on board, was climbing out of O'Hare's runway 04L when the crew stopped the climb at 2100 feet reporting smoke in the cockpit, the crew said "standby" and became unresponsive, tower radioed "low altitude alert, climb immediately" when the aircraft descended through 1900 feet. The crew in the meantime had donned their oxygen masks and subsequently reported on departure frequency. The aircraft climbed to 2500 feet and returned to Chicago for a safe landing on runway 04R about 10 minutes after departure. The aircraft stopped on the runway and was evacuated, two aircraft on final approach to runway 04R were instructed to go around. There were no injuries.

The airline reported the aircraft returned to Chicago due to smoke in the cabin.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 4, 2013

Classification
Incident

Cause
Smoke in cockpit

Airline
Expressjet

Flight number
EV-5828

Departure
Chicago O'Hare, United States

Destination
Ottawa, Canada

Aircraft Registration
N11121

Aircraft Type
Embraer ERJ-145

ICAO Type Designator
E145

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