Air Canada B763 near Anchorage on Dec 15th 2012, two IRS switched off inadvertently
Last Update: January 2, 2013 / 20:24:02 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 15, 2012
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air Canada
Flight number
AC-63
Departure
Vancouver, Canada
Destination
Seoul, South Korea
Aircraft Registration
C-FTCA
Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300
ICAO Type Designator
B763
The Canadian TSB reported the crew intended to re-align the IRSs at Anchorage and continue the flight. Maintenance however determined the switches were worn and could be moved with little resistance/force. The Inertial Reference Mode Panel was replaced. A fleetwide inspection is under way and flight crew were made aware by flight operations.
The aircraft reached Seoul with a delay of 2.5 hours.
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Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 15, 2012
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air Canada
Flight number
AC-63
Departure
Vancouver, Canada
Destination
Seoul, South Korea
Aircraft Registration
C-FTCA
Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300
ICAO Type Designator
B763
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