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| Date: | Wednesday 6 February 2019 |
| Time: | 17:24 UTC |
| Type: |  Airbus A330-243 |
| Owner/operator: | Thomas Cook, opf Condor Flugdienst |
| Registration: | G-TCCF |
| MSN: | 248 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1998 |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Trent 772B-60 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 337 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Category: | Incident |
| Location: | North Atlantic Ocean -
 Atlantic Ocean
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Frankfurt International Airport (FRA/EDDF) |
| Cancún Airport (CUN/MMUN) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
An Airbus A330-200 aircraft operated by Thomas Cook Airlines, was conducting Condor Airlines flight CFG116 from Frankfurt/Rhein-Main (EDDF), Germany to Cancún Intl (MMUN), Mexico. During cruise flight, coffee was inadvertently spilled onto the number 1 Audio Control Panel (ACP), causing all lights on the unit to illuminate. Initially, the number 1 ACP, then the number 2 ACP became hot, and began to emit a burnt electrical odour. At approximate position 56°03'N/031°11'W, smoke started to come out from the number 1 ACP. The flight crew donned their oxygen masks, initiated a diversion to Shannon Intl (EINN), Ireland, and sent a MAYDAY message using ACARS. The flight crew jettisoned fuel in order to achieve maximum landing weight, and the aircraft landed at EINN without further incident. One passenger and 4 crew members were attended to by paramedics and sent to local medical facilities for a precautionary assessment before being released.
AAIB Conclusion:
A spillage of coffee on to the centre console led to the failure of ACP 1 and 2 resulting in communication difficulties for the flight crew. The resulting electrical burning smell and smoke in the cockpit necessitated a diversion to Shannon Airport.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
TSB
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/g-tccf#1f69eb59
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 19 July 2018 | C-GJDA | Air Transat | 0 | Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG/LFPG) |  |
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| Bird strike | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Feb-2019 18:34 | Captain Adam | Added |
| 18-Feb-2019 18:36 | harro | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 12-Sep-2019 16:57 | harro | Updated [Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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