Canada B773 over Atlantic on May 6th 2018, member of flight crew incapacitated
Last Update: May 9, 2018 / 19:29:49 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 6, 2018
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air Canada
Flight number
AC-890
Departure
Toronto, Canada
Destination
Rome Fiumicino, Italy
Aircraft Registration
C-FIVX
Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-300
ICAO Type Designator
B773
The aircraft remained on the ground in London for about 4 hours, then was able to continue the flight to Rome and reached the destination with a delay of 4.5 hours.
The Canadian TSB reported (erroneously stating the occurrence time as May 5th 2018 about 06:30Z instead of May 6th 2018 06:30Z): "During cruise flight approximately 720 nm West of London/Heathrow, UK (EGLL), a flight crew member became incapacitated. The other flight crew member contacted the operator’s operational control centre and the decision was made to divert the flight to EGLL. A PAN PAN was declared and the flight landed without further incident."
On May 9th 2018 the Canadian TSB wrote to The Aviation Herald: "Thanks for correcting our data. After verifications, the air operator confirmed that the correct date is May 6th for ACA890."
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 6, 2018
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air Canada
Flight number
AC-890
Departure
Toronto, Canada
Destination
Rome Fiumicino, Italy
Aircraft Registration
C-FIVX
Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-300
ICAO Type Designator
B773
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