Smoke in the cockpit

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May 24, 2005
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http://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc...0,2675801.story

And from the Aviation Herald:
Incident: US Airways B752 near Hartford on Jul 2nd 2009, smoke in cockpit
By Simon Hradecky, created Friday, Jul 3rd 2009 17:16Z, last updated Friday, Jul 3rd 2009 17:16Z

A US Airways Boeing 757-200, registration N935UW performing flight US-752 from Philadelphia,PA (USA) to Stockholm Arlanda (Sweden) with 172 passengers, was about 25 minutes into the flight, when the crew declared emergency due to smoke in the cockpit. The airplane diverted to Hartford's Bradley International Airport, CT, where the airplane landed safely 20 minutes later. Attending emergency services observed fire detectors going off, however saw no smoke. The passengers disembarked normally.

The airline reported, that the crew saw light smoke in the cockpit.

A replacement Boeing 767-200 registration N246AY reached Stockholm with a delay of 5.5 hours.

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/USA752/...0049Z/KPHL/ESSA
 
The original aircraft was 757 N200UU. Looks like two pilots ferried the 767 upto BDL then the entire original crew took the 767 onto ARN. My kudu's to them for that. The 757 returned to PHL late afternoon the next day.

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