| | |

Air Canada: 767 Auto-pilot Fails


Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net
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.

To include the featured image in your Twitter Card, please tap or click their icon a second time.

Similar Posts

  • | |

    United Windshield Cracks; Diversion to Buffalo

    What: United Boeing 757 en route from Boston to Chicago
    Where: Buffalo
    When: November 21, 2010, 10:34 am
    Who: 176 aboard
    Why: While en route, a faulty heater caused a small crack in the windshield. Although there was no problem with decompression or passengers, the flight diverted to Buffalo, with emergency units on standby.

    The plane made a routine safe landing. Passengers were provided alternate accommodations to Chicago.

    To include the featured image in your Twitter Card, please tap or click their icon a second time.
  • | | | | |

    Pitot Diverts Dash 8 to Bergan


    Pictured: A Wideroe De Havilland Canada DHC-8-103 Dash 8
    Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net
    Contact photographer Felix Goetting

    What: Wideroe de Havilland Dash 8-100 en route from Sogndal to Forde
    Where: Bergen
    When: Mar 2nd 2010
    Who: 16 passengers and 3 crew
    Why: While on route, the pitot heating system failed. The resulting nreliable airspeed indications convinced the crew to divert to Bergen, where they made a safe landing.

    Offhand, I think this may be the first that I recall pitot tube issues on a de Havilland Dash 8-100. I wonder if these were thales tubes; and I wonder if airspeed can not be better determined with a more robust methodology. If I were a manufacturer, I would certainly have my engineers thinking about developing alternative technologies to bring to market.

    To include the featured image in your Twitter Card, please tap or click their icon a second time.
  • | |

    Bomb Scare

    What: Oman Air Boeing 737-800 en route from Muscat to Chennai
    Where: Mumbai
    When: May 25, 2009
    Who: 140 passengers
    Why: When a passenger found a suspicious object and a letter which threatened to kill all the passengers aboard the flight, the crew requested an emergency landing.

    Another source quoted: ‘a flight attendant had found a note in one of the lavatories saying “you will all die. Bye.”‘

    The flight landed safely and the passengers were directed to another plane.

    To include the featured image in your Twitter Card, please tap or click their icon a second time.
  • | | | |

    Jet Blue Emergency Landing in Baltimore

    What: Jet Blue Flight 1327 Embraer ERJ-190 en route from Boston
    Where: Baltimore
    When: Dec 14 2012 7:17 pm
    Who: 84 passengers, 4 crew
    Why: THe Jet Blue plane made an emergency landing at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport after getting a mechanical alert.

    There was an odor in the cockpit.

    Emergency vehicles were standing by.

    Passengers were evacuated via emergency slide on to the tarmac. No injuries were reported.

    FlightawareFlight Log

    To include the featured image in your Twitter Card, please tap or click their icon a second time.
  • | |

    Small Plane Lands in Emergency in West Boca Raton

    Small planeA twin engine prop plane made an emergency landing near the 7900 block of Palmetto Park Road in West Boca Raton, Florida, on February 28.

    Authorities said the plane was headed to Pompano Beach when it experienced engine problems and had to land in emergency.

    According to Albert Borroto, the Palm Beach County Fire Rescue Public Information Officer, “The pilot did an excellent job landing on the canal bank, missing power lines and setting the aircraft down without hitting any surrounding populated areas and not injuring himself.”

    To include the featured image in your Twitter Card, please tap or click their icon a second time.
  • | | | | |

    Lufthansa Flight Makes Emergency Landing in Bulgaria

    Lufthansa flight LH-689 made an emergency landing in Sofia, Bulgaria, on December 26th.

    The Airbus A321-200 plane heading from Tel Aviv, Israel, to Munich, Germany, was diverted after electrical smoke was noticed in aft galley.

    The plane landed uneventfully. All eighty-one people aboard remained safe.

    To include the featured image in your Twitter Card, please tap or click their icon a second time.