Canada B788 near Mexico City on Dec 7th 2020, slat indication enroute
Last Update: December 16, 2020 / 20:54:59 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
                    Date of incident
                    
                        Dec 7, 2020                    
                
                    Classification
                    
                        
                        
                            
                            Incident                            
                        
                    
                    
                
                    Airline
                    
                        
                        
                            
                            Air Canada                            
                        
                    
                    
                
                    Flight number
                    
                                                                                    
                            
                            AC-992                                                            
                                                                        
                
                    Departure
                    
                                                                                    
                                                        Mexico City, Mexico                                                            
                                                                        
                
                    Destination
                    
                                                                                    
                                                        Toronto, Canada                                                            
                                                                        
                
                    Aircraft Registration
                    
                        
                            
                                
                            
                            C-GHQQ                                                            
                                                                        
                
                    Aircraft Type
                    
                        
                        
                            
                            Boeing                            787-8 Dreamliner                            
                        
                    
                    
                
                    ICAO Type Designator
                    
                        
                        
                            
                            B788                            
                        
                    
                    
                
The Canadian TSB reported maintenance replaced the slat #6 inboard skew sensor.
Aircraft Registration Data
Aircraft registration data reproduced and distributed with the permission of the Government of Canada.
Incident Facts
                    Date of incident
                    
                        Dec 7, 2020                    
                
                    Classification
                    
                        
                        
                            
                            Incident                            
                        
                    
                    
                
                    Airline
                    
                        
                        
                            
                            Air Canada                            
                        
                    
                    
                
                    Flight number
                    
                                                                                    
                            
                            AC-992                                                            
                                                                        
                
                    Departure
                    
                                                                                    
                                                        Mexico City, Mexico                                                            
                                                                        
                
                    Destination
                    
                                                                                    
                                                        Toronto, Canada                                                            
                                                                        
                
                    Aircraft Registration
                    
                        
                            
                                
                            
                            C-GHQQ                                                            
                                                                        
                
                    Aircraft Type
                    
                        
                        
                            
                            Boeing                            787-8 Dreamliner                            
                        
                    
                    
                
                    ICAO Type Designator
                    
                        
                        
                            
                            B788                            
                        
                    
                    
                
                        
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