Serious incident to the ATR72 registered EI-FCY operated by Stobart Air on 08/24/2016 en route [Investigation led by AAIU / Ireland]

Preliminary data based on the notification from the Irish authorities :

Smoke in cockpit

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General information
Local date	24/08/2016
Responsible entity	Ireland - AAIU
State or area of occurrence	Ireland
Location	En croisière, 52NM East of Cork Airport (EICK)
Human consequences	None
Aircraft consequences	None
Occurrence class	Serious incident
File number	BEA2016-0530

Flight Information
Aircraft category	Aeroplane - Large aeroplane
Operator	Ireland - Stobart Air
Manufacturer / Model	ATR - ATR72
Aircraft Registration	EI-FCY
State of registry	Ireland
Last departure point	United Kingdom - EGBB (BHX): Birmingham
Planned destination	Ireland - EICK (ORK): Cork
Flight phase	En route
Serial number	1139
Operator Type AG
Operation Type	Commercial Air Transport - Passenger - Airline

BEA is the French air safety investigation authority for civil aviation. The sole objective of the investigation is to improve air safety. It is intended neither to apportion blame nor to assess responsiblity.