Serious Incident to the Airbus A330 registered EC-MIL, operated by Iberia, on 04/16/16 at Fortaleza [Investigation led by CENIPA / Brazil]

Preliminary data based on the notification from the Brazilian authorities:

The aircraft EC-MIL took off from SUMU airport (Montevideo) to destination LEMD (madrid) on 16th april 2016. During cruise flight, at 20:35 Z, the commandant has reported emergency due to smoke on board (Cabin) and diverted to SBFZ (Fortaleza-Brazil). The landing was performed safely and no injury was reported.

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General information
Local date	16/04/2016
Responsible entity	Brazil - CENIPA
State or area of occurrence	South America - Brazil
Location	Fortaleza
Human consequences	None
Aircraft consequences	Minor
Occurrence class	Serious incident
File number	BEA2016-0201

Flight Information
Aircraft category	Fixed Wing - Aeroplane
Operator	Spain - Iberia, L.a.e., S.A.
Manufacturer / Model	AIRBUS - A330
Aircraft Registration	EC-MIL
State of registry	Spain
Last departure point	Uruguay - SUMU (MVD): Montevideo/Carrasco Intl
Planned destination	Spain - LEMD (MAD): Madrid-Barajas Adolfo Suárez
Flight phase	En route
Serial number	1694
Operator Type AG
Operation Type	Commercial Air Transport - Passenger - Airline

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