Canada A333 at Toronto on May 18th 2023, electrical odour in cabin
Last Update: June 1, 2023 / 20:06:21 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 18, 2023
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air Canada
Flight number
AC-490
Departure
Toronto, Canada
Destination
Montreal, Canada
Aircraft Registration
C-GFAH
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300
ICAO Type Designator
A333
The aircraft remained on the ground for about 6 hours, then departed again for flight AC-490 and reached Montreal with a delay of about 7 hours.
On Jun 1st 2023 the Canadian TSB reported maintenance identified the In Seat Power Supply located under row 38D as source of the odour, it was subsequently confirmed the unit had failed.
Aircraft Registration Data
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Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 18, 2023
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air Canada
Flight number
AC-490
Departure
Toronto, Canada
Destination
Montreal, Canada
Aircraft Registration
C-GFAH
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300
ICAO Type Designator
A333
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