White AT72 at Lisbon on Aug 27th 2014, smoke in cabin

A White Avions de Transport Regional ATR-72-212A on behalf of TAP Air Portugal, registration OY-EBW performing flight TP-1078 from Lisbon (Portugal) to Malaga,SP (Spain) with 50 people on board, was in the initial climb out of Lisbon's runway 03 when the crew declared "Mayday, Mayday, Mayday, smoke in the cockpit", the departure controller replied "blocked, I'll call you shortly" and continued to issue instructions to other aircraft until TP-1078 repeated their Mayday Call about 30 seconds later again blocking another radio transmission, departure then called TP-1078 who now could transmit their call clearly declaring emergency due to smoke on the flight deck. The crew requested an immediate return to Lisbon but advised they would be able to vacate the runway. The aircraft positioned for an ILS approach to runway 03 and landed safely about 12 minutes after departure.

The French BEA reported in their weekly bulletin that smoke with a strong burning smell was detected in the aircraft cabin, the crew declared emergency and performed a normal landing. The runway returned to service about 10 minutes after landing.