By Simon Hradecky, created Friday, Feb 12th 2021 17:46Z, last updated Friday, Feb 12th 2021 17:46Z

An Azul Linhas Aereas Avions de Transport Regional ATR-72-212A, registration PR-AKA from Ribeirao Preto,SP to Sao Paulo Viracopos,SP (Brazil) with 66 passengers and 4 crew, was holding at Sao Paulo waiting for landing when the crew observed a burning odour in the cockpit. The crew declared emergency and landed safely on runway 15.

Brazil's CENIPA reported the crew received a "AUDIO SEL CAPT" message after noticing the burning odour in the cockpit, declared emergency due to the volume of traffic and proceeded for an uneventful landing. The occurrence was rated an incident.

The occurrence aircraft returned to service about 12 hours later.