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Air Canada: Autopilot Problem


Pictured: An Air Canada Boeing 767-333/ER at Toronto – Lester B. Pearson International
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What: Air Canada 767 en route from Toronto to Buenos Aires
Where: Toronto’s Pearson International Airport
When: Mar 16th 2010
Who: 129 aboard
Why: While en route, the flight developed a problem with the automatic pilot and diverted to Toronto where they made a safe landing with three fire trucks on standby. Passengers were rerouted.

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