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Contact photographer Frank Robitaille
What: Air Canada Jazz de Havilland Dash 8-300 en route from Sudbury to Toronto
Where: Toronto
When: Dec 16th 2009
Who: 53 on board
Why: On final approach, the plane developed hydraulics issues. Low hydraulic pressure was indicated in the no.2 hydraulic system. An emergency was declared, and the plane landed safely under emergency conditions.
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Contact photographer Jon Braz
What: Air Canada Embraer ERJ-170 en route from Newark,NJ to Toronto, Canada
Where: Toronto
When: Dec 6th 2009
Who: 63 passengers and 4 crew
Why: On approach to Toronto, the crew reported a flaps problem. Thirty minutes after declaring emergency, the flight landed safely.
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Contact photographer Gilbert Hechema
What: Air Canada Boeing 767-300 en route from London Heathrow to Halifax
Where: Halifax
When: Nov 26th 2009
Who: not available
Why: On approach to Halifax, the plane experienced a flaps problem which aborted the first attempted landing. The plane made a second pass and landed safely.
Pictured: Air Canada Jazz De Havilland Canada DHC-8-300 Dash 8
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Contact photographer Marian Musil
What: Air Canada Jazz de Havilland Dash 8-300 en route from Cranbrook,BC to Vancouver,BC (Canada)
Where: Vancouver
When: Oct 20th 2009
Why: While descending to land, a fire in the cockpit ensued. Although the fire was managed, the outer left windshield shattered. The plane landed safely, without reported injury.
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Contact photographer Chad Thomas
What: Air Canada Airbus A320-200 en route from Toronto to Calgary
Where: Toronto
When: Oct 18th 2009
Why: Prior to takeoff, the plane encountered problems with the nose wheel steering while taxiing. The system was reset; and after take-off, hydraulic fluid was found on the runway.
The crew elected to continue the flight to Calgary.
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Contact photographer Galen Burrows
What: Air Canada Jazz Canadair CRJ-200 en route from Moncton to Montreal
Where: en route
When: Oct 17th 2009
Who: 3 crew
Why: After departure from Moncton, 35 minutes into the flight, the crew declared an emergency. Oil pressure dropped in their right engine, so they idled it, and continued to Montreal for a safe landing.
Pictured: An Air Canada /Air Georgian Beech 1900D
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Contact photographer Dan Vincent
What: Air Canada/Air Georgian Beechcraft 1900D turboprop en route from Hartford, Conn’s Bradley International Airport to Montreal’s Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport
Where: Burlington International Airport
When: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2009 5:35 p.m.
Who: 14 on board, 12 passengers
Why: When the plane’s left engine pressure dropped too low, the Air Canada plane made an emergency landing, leaking oill and on one engine, but essentially intact. (Reports do not say so, but the pilot probably shut down the engine as a precaution. One presumes this is because landing on one engine is better than landing on one working engine and one engine on fire.) Passengers debarked on to the tarmac and were carried by shuttle to the terminal.
A passenger is quoted as saying that the only way he knew there was anything wrong was “all the fire engines chasing us down the runway.” Another passenger described the fight as being scary (what if the other engine went?), but that the crew was totally in control, calm and amazing.
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Contact photographer Michael Durning
What: Air Canada Jazz de Havilland Dash 8-100 en route from Quebec to Ottawa Canada
Where: Ottawa
When: Sep 28th 2009
Who: 38 on board
Why: While descending to land, the plane struck turbulence. The crew momentarily lost control of the plane, but landed safely shortly afterwards.
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Contact photographer Marian Musil
What: Air Canada Jazz de Havilland Dash 8-100 en route from from Toronto to London Canada
Where: Toronto
When: Sep 23rd 2009
Why: Immediately after takeoff, the left engine had to be shut down. The flight returned to Toronto and landed eleven minutes after takeoff.
Pictured: An Air Canada Airbus A319 in flight
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Contact Photographer Nino Buda
What: Air Canada Airbus A319-100 en route from Calgary to Toronto
Where: Winnipeg
When: Thursday Sept 17 12:03 pm
Who: 121 passengers
Why: While en route, the pilot experienced problems with the left engine and had an indicator light indicating further problems. After declaring an emergency situation, the pilot idled the left engine, and landed safely in Winnipeg a little over half an hour after declaring an emergency.
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Contact Photographer Jerome Mervele
What: Air Canada Boeing 777 Toronto to Beijing
Where: Pearson International Airport
When: July 24
Who: 288 passengers (or 305 also reported)
Why: After takeoff, warning lights alerted pilots that the flight was experiencing a wing-flap problem. The crew landed the plane immediately. Because of the full load of fuel, all the tires (6) burst on landing, However, there was no loss of control of the plane and no one was hurt. The plane, in fact, is slated to resume its workload six hours later around 9:30, presumably after repairs; one extremely reputable source listed the 9:30 flight to be a different plane entirely.
George’s Point of View
When we have conflicting facts, we report and let you decide (to paraphrase FOX).
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Contact Photographer Frank Robitaille
What: Air Canada Airbus A319-100 en route from Toronto to Bridgetown
Where: Over the Atlantic Ocean…
When: Jul 15th 2009
Who:
Why: En route to Barbados, a fuel leak was discovered; the flight returned to Toronto where passengers debarked safely and were eventually provided another Airbus.
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Contact Photographer Mark Kryst
What: Air Canada Embraer ERJ-190 en route from Orlando to Montreal
Where: Montreal
When: Jun 21st 2009
Who: 85 people on board
Why: After a normal lift-off and flight, on approach to Montreal, birds struck the plane’s right wing lodging the flaps in an extended position. Despite the slat problem, the plane landed safely within 20 minutes of the strike.
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Contact photographer Neil Guinea
What: Air Canada Airbus A330-300 en route from Vancouver, BC to Tokyo, Japan
Where: Vancouver
When: June 4th 2009
Who: 147 people on board
Why: The Airbus experienced pressurization issues en route. The plane returned to Vancouver and landed safely an hour after it left.
What: Air Canada Embraer ERJ-190 en route from Calgary to Los Angeles,CA
Where: Los Angeles
When: May 18th 2009
Who: 58 passengers and 5 crew, 4 minor injuries
Why: The flight experienced a few minutes of moderate in-flight turbulence but landed as scheduled. Several passengers were treated at the airport.
What: Air Canada Boeing 777-200 LR en route from Australia to Vancouver
Where: emergency landing in Honolulu
When: Friday 7:10 a.m.
Who: 256 passengers and 17 crew members
Why: When the flight encountered turbulence SW of Honolulu, twenty-two people suffered minor injuries following severe air turbulence. Two passengers were treated at the hospital and released; two crew members were hospitalized; the rest were treated on site. The flight left later, scheduled to arrive in Vancouver at 2:44 p.m.
The turbulence was related to a thunderstorm.
George’s Point of View
It’s not brain surgery. When the seatbelt sign says “Fasten,” please “Fasten.”
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Contact photographer Michael Fast
What: Air Canada 767 en route from Toronto to Buenos Aires and/or Sao Paulo Brazil.
Where: Toronto’s Pearson International Airport
When: Wednesday April 15 2009
Who: 129 on board
Why: When the pilot detected problems with the automatic pilot system, they followed standard operating procedure and returned to the airport for a safe landing. Passengers debarked on to the runway and were transported to the terminal where they were scheduled to take an alternative flight.
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Contact photographer Frank Robitaille
What: Air Canada Airbus A319-100, registration C-FYNS en route from Liberia Costa Rica to Toronto,ON
Where: Juan Santamaria International Airport in Costa Rica’s capital city San Jose
When: Mar 19th 2009
Why: During takeoff from Liberia, the plane experienced generator failure in its left hand engine. The plane landed safely.
What: Pinnacle Airlines Canadair CRJ-200 on behalf of Northwest Airlines, flight 9E-2515/NW-2515 from Oklahoma City,OK to Detroit,MI
Where: Indianapolis
When: Tuesday (3 minutes later)
Who: 26 passengers on board
Why: When cabin pressure problems were indicated (possibly originating with the seal around the aircraft’s windshield) the plane had to proceed with an emergency landing at the Indianapolis airport, where the plane taxied to the gate and were able to disembark normally.
What: Pinnacle Airlines Canadair CRJ-200 on behalf of Northwest Airlines, flight 9E-2544/NW-2544 from Detroit,MI to St. Louis,MO
Where: Indianapolis
When: Tuesday (3 minutes earlier)
Who: 18 passengers on board
Why: Flight diverted when the window developed a crack
What: Air Canada Airbus 320 en route from Toronto to Edmonton
Where: Thunder Bay International Airport Australia
When: Monday night
Who: Pilot, crew and passengers
Why: Pilot noticed a cracked windshield in the cockpit.