Source: Simon Hradecky | www.avherald.com

An Azul Linhas Aereas Embraer ERJ-195, registration PR-AUE performing flight AD-4040 from Rio de Janeiro Santos Dumont,RJ to Sao Paulo Viracopos,SP (Brazil), was climbing out of Santos Dumont’s runway 20L when the crew stopped the climb at about FL150 declaring emergency reporting smoke on board and a burning odour. During the following descent the smoke subsided. The aircraft diverted to Rio de Janeiro’s Galeao Airport for a safe landing on longer runway 15 about 20 minutes after departure. Two passengers felt bad and requested assistance by the airport’s medical services.

A replacement Embraer ERJ-195 registration PR-AXY reached Viracopos Airport as flight AD-9350 with a delay of about 3:15 hours.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground at Galeao Airport about 24 hours after landing there.

The airline stated that the flight diverted to Galeao Airport due to technical problems. The aircraft landed normally, the passengers disembarked normally