Canada A333 near Bangor on Sep 5th 2018, wake turbulence by B773 injures flight attendant
Last Update: September 12, 2018 / 16:11:23 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 5, 2018
Classification
Accident
Airline
Air Canada
Flight number
AC-664
Departure
Montreal, Canada
Destination
Halifax, Canada
Aircraft Registration
C-GHLM
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300
ICAO Type Designator
A333
A Swiss International Airlines Boeing 777-300, registration HB-JNI performing flight LX-8 from Zurich (Switzerland) to Chicago O'Hare,IL (USA), was enroute at FL350 and had crossed the flight trajectory of AC-664 about 70 seconds prior to AC-664 reaching the crossing point. About a minute after passing the crossing point LX-8 was cleared and began to climb to FL370.
Both aircraft continued to their destinations for safe landings.
The FAA reported a flight attendant received unknown injuries when the aircraft encountered wake turbulence near Bangor,ME.
Aircraft Registration Data
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Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 5, 2018
Classification
Accident
Airline
Air Canada
Flight number
AC-664
Departure
Montreal, Canada
Destination
Halifax, Canada
Aircraft Registration
C-GHLM
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300
ICAO Type Designator
A333
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