Canada B789 enroute on Nov 22nd 2020, slat drive fails
Last Update: December 3, 2020 / 22:01:27 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Nov 22, 2020
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air Canada
Flight number
AC-7201
Departure
London Heathrow, United Kingdom
Destination
Toronto, Canada
Aircraft Registration
C-FRTG
Aircraft Type
Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner
ICAO Type Designator
B789
FAIL" message. The crew decided to continue the flight to Toronto, declared PAN PAN during the approach and landed safely at a higher than normal speed about 90 minutes after the failure message.
The aircraft returned to service about 47 hours after landing.
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Incident Facts
Date of incident
Nov 22, 2020
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air Canada
Flight number
AC-7201
Departure
London Heathrow, United Kingdom
Destination
Toronto, Canada
Aircraft Registration
C-FRTG
Aircraft Type
Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner
ICAO Type Designator
B789
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