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Honeywell to test some F-35 parts after smoke incident

"WASHINGTON, Feb 25 (Reuters) - The Pentagon said on Monday an F-35 test plane was involved in an incident on Feb. 14 that caused smoke in the cockpit, and it was sending the affected parts back to their manufacturer, Honeywell International Inc , for a detailed inspection."

"Kyra Hawn [spokeswoman for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program] said an initial assessment of the Feb. 14 incident involving BF-2, one of the Marine Corps' short takeoff, vertical landing variants, had linked the problem to a software issue, not a problem with the hardware on the auxiliary power unit."

""It has no linkage whatsoever with the lithium-ion batteries," Hawn said. "

"One U.S. defense official familiar with the incident said the F-35 pilot reported "trace amounts of smoke" in the cockpit after he followed procedures to stop and restart the auxiliary power unit when a caution light came on.

The pilot then halted the test flight and landed safely at the base, without ever declaring an in-flight emergency, said the official, who was not authorized to speak publicly, adding, "there wasn't any fire associated with the smoke incident.""

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/ ... nnel=11563

This incident occurred with a Pax based jet prior to the discovery of the turbine blade crack at Edwards, and is unrelated.

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Smoke in cockpit incident