Had to share this story with the readers and members on Speak-Ez forums: a pilot in the cockpit of the Serbian president's plane caused a dive due to hot coffee spilt on the instrument panel. Read on:
http://www.thespec.com/news-story/5568323-co-pilot-spills-coffee-sending-serbian-president-s-plane-plunging/
I am guessing the beverage was not in a travel mug or the mug was not secured in an approved beverage holder in the cockpit.
Will see if I can find an European source on the same story.