Coffee, spilled by the co-pilot on board the instrument panel, was the reason for cancellation of official visit of the President of Serbia Tomislav Nikolic in the Vatican – disclosed in Belgrade.
Originally reported that the plane had to turn back to the Prime Minister because of the failure of Belgrade. Serbian state television RTS submitted that one of the three engines Falcon 50, which flew president, stopped working when the plane was 10 km on the Adriatic. The investigation revealed, however, that the cause of trouble Falcon was completely different. It was found that during the turbulence copilot spilled coffee on board the instrument panel, and when he tried to dry, inadvertently turned off the automatic pilot and activated so. gills (slots) – elements of the wings, which aim to improve the aerodynamics of aircraft during flight at low speeds and at high angle of attack. In that particular situation, this led to dive presidential plane and the temporary shutdown of one of the engines.
Captain managed to stabilize the plane and land safely in Belgrade. The co-pilot was suspended license.
Nikolic’s visit to the Holy See, as announced in Belgrade, was to be a confirmation of “good relations between the Vatican and Serbia”, numbering 7.1 million inhabitants, mostly Orthodox. President Nikolic participated in March 2013, the inauguration of the pontificate of Pope Francis.
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