Cimber Sterling AT72 near Billund on Apr 28th 2012, duct overheat and smoke in cabin

Last Update: May 11, 2012 / 16:04:48 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 28, 2012

Airline
Cimber Sterling

Departure
Billund, Denmark

Destination
Copenhagen, Denmark

Aircraft Registration
OY-CIO

Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-72-200

ICAO Type Designator
AT72

A Cimber Sterling Avion de Transport Regional ATR-72-500, registration OY-CIO performing positioning flight QI-9501 from Billund to Copenhagen (Denmark) with just the two pilots on board, was climbing out of Billung about 10 minutes into the flight when the crew received a "DUCT OVHT" caution message and shut air conditioning system #2 down. The first officer left the flight deck to check the cabin and reported that it was very hot in the cabin and there was smoke in the cabin. During the brief opening of the cockpit door both pilots could see and smell smoke in the cockpit. Both flight crew donned their oxygen masks, the crew declared emergency and returned to Billund for a safe landing.

Denmarks Havarikommission opened an investigation into the incident.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 28, 2012

Airline
Cimber Sterling

Departure
Billund, Denmark

Destination
Copenhagen, Denmark

Aircraft Registration
OY-CIO

Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-72-200

ICAO Type Designator
AT72

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