Emirates B773 near Winnipeg on Feb 7th 2022, left elevator locked out

Last Update: February 10, 2022 / 21:18:38 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 7, 2022

Classification
Incident

Airline
Emirates Airlines

Flight number
EK-235

Departure
Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Destination
Chicago O'Hare, United States

Aircraft Registration
A6-EQD

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-300

ICAO Type Designator
B773

An Emirates Airlines Boeing 777-300, registration A6-EQD performing flight EK-235 from Dubai (United Arab Emirates) to Chicago O'Hare,IL (USA), was enroute at FL320 in contact with Icelandic Air Traffic Control over Greenland when the crew received a flight control caution message with the indication the left hand elevator had been locked out. The crew performed the relevant checklists and decided to divert to Winnipeg,MB (Canada) for a safe landing about 4.5 hours later.

The Canadian TSB reported the maintenance inspection is still underway, "once a maintenance solution has been identified the operator will ferry the aircraft back to Dubai."

The aircraft is still on the ground in Winnipeg standing Feb 10th 21:15Z.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 7, 2022

Classification
Incident

Airline
Emirates Airlines

Flight number
EK-235

Departure
Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Destination
Chicago O'Hare, United States

Aircraft Registration
A6-EQD

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-300

ICAO Type Designator
B773

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