Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic’s recent plane scare on a government jet bound for Italy was caused by a coffee spill, according to a report published by the Serbian Civil Aviation Directorate on Tuesday.
President Nikolic and nine others, including four of his advisors, were in a government jet flying to a meeting with Pope Francis last Friday at 9 a.m. Midway through the flight, one of the plane’s three engines stopped working at an altitude of 10,058 metres above the Adriatic Sea and the plane began to descend. The aircraft dropped 1,609 metres before the captain was able to regain control.
An investigation by the Civil Aviation Directorate found that the co-pilot spilled coffee in the cockpit during the flight. According to the report, as the co-pilot cleaned up the mess, he inadvertently activated the emergency slot extension in the cockpit. Once the emergency slot extension was activated, the automatic pilot turned off and caused the plane to lose altitude.The engine failed while the plane was losing altitude.
Once the captain regained control of the aircraft, the plane returned to Belgrade and President Nikolic had to postpone the meeting with the pope.
According to the New York Times, the co-pilot has been temporarily suspended from duty. The 34-year-old Dassault Falcon 50 has experienced several serious malfunctions in recent years though, and the presidential press office said that President Nikolic may no longer use the aging jet.
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