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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).
Emirates Airlines flight EK-399 had to reject take off from Denpasar, Indonesia, on January 24th.
Air Transport International flight 8C-3750 had to return and make an emergency landing in Sacramento, California, on October 6th.
American Airlines flight AA-973 made an emergency landing in Bermuda, on February 4th.
