Incident at East of BRIDG Intersection

2010-10-12: UPDATE TSB: A10A0105: ACA1198, an Air Canada Embraer E190, was en route from St. John's NL to Toronto when the flight crew requested a clearance to descend below RVSM airspace due to failure of the auto flight control system. After descent, the crew advised that they were investigating a report of possible smoke in the cabin with an electrical odor near the rear galley. The oven circuit breaker was opened after which the odor dissipated. The flight continued to the destination and landed safely without further incident. Maintenance personnel reset the circuit breakers and selected the rear galley oven and coffee makers to on; however, the fault could not be repeated. The aircraft has since been returned to service.

2010-10-01: ACA1198, Embraer ERJ 190, enroute from St. John?s (CYYT) to Toronto (CYYZ), experienced an autopilot failure that resulted in the loss of Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum (RVSM) and requested clearance to descend to 28,000 ft. Once level at 28,000 ft, the aircraft reported possible smoke in the cabin and was investigating. Investigation revealed an electrical smell but no evidence of smoke and the aircraft reported that it was continuing to Toronto. There was minimal impact on operations. TSB Case Closed.