Incident to the ATR 72 registered VH-VPJ operated by Virgin Austalia on 02/22/2017 en route [Investigation led by ATSB / Australia]

Preliminary data based on the notification from the Australian authorities:

During cruise at FL180, smoke was observed in the cockpit and the crew subsequently received an Electrical Smoke warning. The crew subsequently diverted the aircraft to Williamtown.

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General information
Local date	22/02/2017
Responsible entity	Australia - ATSB
State or area of occurrence	Australia
Location	En croisière FL180
Human consequences	None
Aircraft consequences	Unknown
Occurrence class	Incident
File number	BEA2017-0088

Flight Information
Aircraft category	Aeroplane
Operator	Australia - Virgin Australia
Manufacturer / Model	ATR - ATR72
Aircraft Registration	VH-VPJ
State of registry	Australia
Last departure point	Australia - YPMQ (PQQ): Port macquarie
Planned destination	Australia - YSSY (SYD): Sydney / Kingsford Smith International
Flight phase	En route
Serial number	1169
Operator Type AG
Operation Type	Commercial Air Transport - Passenger - Airline

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