WestJet flight WS-700 made an emergency landing in Thunder Bay, Canada, on February 3rd.
The plane heading from Vancouver to Toronto, Canada, was diverted due to a medical emergency.
The plane landed safely.
WestJet flight WS-173 slid off an icy taxiway at Edmonton International Airport in Alberta, Canada, on January 18th.
The incident happened when the plane was departing for Victoria, Canada.
The passengers were transported back to the terminal.
No injuries were reported.
WestJet flight WS-3428 made an emergency landing at Halifax Stanfield International Airport, Canada, on January 3rd.
The plane took off for St. John’s International Airport, Canada, but had to turn back due to a potential issue with the landing gear.
The plane landed back safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
WestJet Encore flight WR 3188 made an emergency landing at Lethbridge Airport in Alberta, Canada, on November 23rd.
The plane heading from Grande Prairie to Calgary, Canada, was diverted due to an instrument display issue.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
WestJet flight WS-113 made an emergency landing in Calgary, Canada, on June 14th.
The Boeing 737-700 plane took off for Vancouver, Canada, but had to turn back due to an aft cargo smoke indication.
The plane landed back safely. All fifty-six passengers and five crew members remained unharmed.
WestJet flight WS-3161 made an emergency landing in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada, on March 20th.
The plane was coming from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, when the crew declared an emergency due to smoke in the cockpit and cabin.
The plane landed safely. All fifty-six passengers and four crew members remained unharmed.
WestJet Flight 3205 made an emergency landing at Prince George Airport, British Columbia, Canada, on February 14th.
The plane heading from Fort St. John to Vancouver, Canada, was diverted due to a fire detection warning.
The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
Two planes collided at Toronto Pearson International Airport, Canada, on January 5th.
Authorities said a WestJet plane, inbound from Cancun, Mexico, was waiting to go to a gate when a Sunwing Airlines plane, moving back from a gate, struck it.
The Sunwing plane caught fire after the accident.
There were one hundred and sixty-eight passengers and six crew members aboard the WestJet plane at the time; all of them were safely evacuated via emergency slides.
Authorities said the Sunwing aircraft was empty at the time of accident; it was being towed by the ground handlers.
WestJet flight WS-1578 had to divert for an emergency landing in Grand Forks, North Dakota, on May 19th.
The Boeing 737-700 plane heading from Calgary, Canada, to Chicago, Illinois, was diverted due to a strong electrical odor in the cabin.
The plane landed uneventfully. Everyone aboard remained safe.
WestJet flight 662 had to return and make an emergency landing in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, on February 3rd.
The plane took off for Toronto, Ontario, Canada, but had to turn back after smoke was observed coming from the air conditioning system.
The plane landed safely. All 132 passengers aboard remained unharmed.
WestJet flight 1402 had to return and make an emergency landing in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, on February 2nd.
The plane took off for Phoenix, Arizona, but had to turn back after smoke was noticed in the cabin and flight deck.
The plane landed back safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
WestJet Encore flight 3105 made an emergency landing in Prince George, British Columbia, Canada, on November 22nd.
The plane heading from Vancouver to Terrace, Canada, was diverted after the crew reported an issue with the front landing gear.
The plane landed uneventfully. All 40 passengers and 4 crew members remained safe.
WestJet flight WS-4 made an emergency landing at Kangerlussuaq Airport, Greenland, on October 18th.
The Boeing 767-300 plane heading from Gatwick Airport, England, to Toronto, Canada, was diverted after the crew noticed a failure in the avionics bay cooling system.
The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
WestJet flight WS-27 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Keflavik, Iceland, on September 10th.
The plane heading from Gatwick Airport, England, to Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, was diverted after the crew reported hearing a bang and a jolt.
The plane landed safely. There were 258 people aboard at the time; all of them remained unharmed.
WestJet flight 610 had to make an emergency landing in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, on September 3rd.
The plane heading from Calgary to Ottawa, Canada, was diverted after the crew reported smoke in the flight deck.
The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unhurt.
Westjet Encore flight WS-3291 made a safe landing at Edmonton International Airport, Alberta, Canada, on July 29th.
The de Havilland Dash 8-400 was about to land when the crew received a “Flap Drive” and “Flap Power” message.
The plane landed at a speed higher than the normal.
All 54 people aboard remained unhurt.
A Westjet Encore flight WS-3119 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Vancouver International Airport, British Columbia, Canada, on July 26th.
The de Havilland Dash 8-400 flying from Kelowna, to Vancouver, Canada, had to divert when after its gear doors could not shut.
The plane landed safely.
No one was injured.
Westjet flight WS-16 made a safe emergency landing at St. John’s International Airport, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, on July 5th.
The Boeing 737-700, flying from Toronto, Ontario, was mid-air when the crew received a trailing flaps disagree message.
The plane landed safely.
No injuries were reported.
WestJet Encore flight WS-3415 continued for a safe landing at Thunder Bay International Airport, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, on April 4th.
The De Havilland Dash 8-400, en-route from Toronto to Thunder Bay, was on approach to the runway when the crew reported some problem with the flaps and resolved to make flaps up landing.
The plane landed successfully.
All 56 people onboard remained unharmed.
Westjet flight WS-3240 made an emergency landing in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, on February 9th.
The crew declared emergency after receiving several caution messages about the aircraft’s electrical systems. The plane was en-route from Terrace, British Columbia, to Calgary, Alberta, at the time.
The plane landed safely. All 31 people aboard remained unharmed.
WestJet flight WS-211 made a safe landing at Vancouver International Airport, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on December 3.
The Boeing 737-800 was en-route from Calgary, Alberta, when the crew noticed some problems with its flaps.
The plane landed safely.
All 121 passengers onboard remained unhurt.
Westjet flight WS-217 made an emergency landing in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, on November 27.
The Boeing 737-800, heading from Montreal, Québec, to Calgary, Alberta, when the crew noticed an electrical burning odor and decided to divert to Saskatoon.
The plane landed safely. There were 115 people aboard at the time; none of them were harmed.
A WestJet flight, carrying 95 passengers and 6 crew members, had to make an emergency landing in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, on October 21.
Airline spokesman Robert Palmer confirmed that the flight was on its way from Edmonton to Toronto when the crew reported possible smoke in the cabin. The plane was then diverted to Thunder Bay for an emergency landing.
The Boeing 737 aircraft was taken for examination after it landed uneventfully. No one was hurt.
The passengers were accommodated in other flights.
WestJet flight 1709 returned to McCarran International Airport, Las Vegas, Nevada, and made an emergency landing at around 3:31 p.m. on September 25.
The flight, on its way from Las Vegas to Victoria in British Columbia, Canada, was returned after the crew suspected a fuel leak in the Boeing 737 aircraft.
The plane landed uneventfully and all 126 people aboard remained unhurt.
According to WestJet spokesman Robert Palmer, the examination of the aircraft confirmed that there was no leak.
The flight again departed at 6 p.m.
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What: Westjet Boeing 737-700 en route from Vancouver to Calgary
Where: Calgary
When: Mar 13th 2012
Who: 116 aboard
Why: While en route, the flight encountered turbulence severe enough to convince the crew to adjust their route around it into Calgary.
A flight attendant who was seated during the turbulence was injured.
