Canada B772 near Delhi on May 24th 2022, severe turbulence causes 8 injuries

Last Update: June 1, 2022 / 20:07:23 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 24, 2022

Classification
Accident

Airline
Air Canada

Flight number
AC-42

Departure
Toronto, Canada

Destination
New Delhi, India

Aircraft Registration
C-FIUJ

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200

ICAO Type Designator
B772

An Air Canada Boeing 777-200, registration C-FIUJ performing flight AC-42 (dep May 23rd) from Toronto,ON (Canada) to New Delhi (India) with 281 people on board, was unable to land at Delhi due to Thunderstorms, the crew advised ATC of their intention to divert to Ahmedabad (India), however was told by ATC that Ahmedabad was closed. The crew did not want to try an approach in Thunderstorms and severe turbulence at Delhi, therefore declared emergency and proceeded towards Ahmedabad. While climbing to cruise the aircraft encountered severe turbulence causing altitude variations of +/- 200 feet, a number of passengers and crew received injuries. The aircraft landed in Ahmedabad without further incident.

The Canadian TSB reported 8 people (including crew and passengers) received minor injuries as result of severe turbulence causing altitude variations of 200 feet. The flight landed safely in Ahmedabad however. A severe turbulence inspection was carried out before the aircraft returned to service.
Aircraft Registration Data
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Country of Registration
Canada
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ICAO Aircraft Type
B772
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Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 24, 2022

Classification
Accident

Airline
Air Canada

Flight number
AC-42

Departure
Toronto, Canada

Destination
New Delhi, India

Aircraft Registration
C-FIUJ

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200

ICAO Type Designator
B772

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