Cathay Pacific B748 near Winnipeg on Dec 13th 2012, wheel well fire indication

Last Update: December 13, 2012 / 22:25:16 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 13, 2012

Classification
Incident

Flight number
CX-95

Aircraft Registration
B-LJA

Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-8

ICAO Type Designator
B748

A Cathay Pacific Boeing 747-800 freighter, registration B-LJA performing flight CX-95 from Toronto,ON (Canada) to Anchorage,AK (USA), was enroute at FL360 about 200nm eastsoutheast of Winnipeg,MB (Canada) when the crew advised they had a wheel well fire indication, they had verified however that there was no fire and requested to return to Toronto. The aircraft descended to FL350 and returned to Toronto for a safe landing on runway 15L about 90 minutes later.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 13, 2012

Classification
Incident

Flight number
CX-95

Aircraft Registration
B-LJA

Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-8

ICAO Type Designator
B748

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