Air Canada E190 at Toronto on Jun 15th 2013, several cargo smoke and fire indications

Last Update: June 19, 2013 / 20:33:31 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 15, 2013

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air Canada

Flight number
AC-1128

Destination
Toronto, Canada

Aircraft Registration
C-FLWK

Aircraft Type
Embraer ERJ-190

ICAO Type Designator
E190

An Air Canada Embraer ERJ-190, registration C-FLWK performing flight AC-1128 from Saskatoon,SK to Toronto,ON (Canada) with 79 people on board, had been dispatched under minimum equipment list requirements with the forward cargo fire suppression system inoperative. The aircraft was on final approach to Toronto's runway 05 about 6nm before touchdown when the crew received several smoke and fire indications for the forward cargo hold. The crew declared emergency, emergency services responded. The indications cleared after several seconds. The crew continued for a safe landing on runway 05 and came to a stop on the intersection with runway 33R. Emergency services found no trace of fire, heat or smoke, the aircraft vacated the runway about 11 minutes after landing.

The Candian TSB reported that the cause of the false indications is under investigation by maintenance.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 15, 2013

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air Canada

Flight number
AC-1128

Destination
Toronto, Canada

Aircraft Registration
C-FLWK

Aircraft Type
Embraer ERJ-190

ICAO Type Designator
E190

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