Air Canada B763 over Pacific on Aug 20th 2014, hot pot

Last Update: August 26, 2014 / 17:55:39 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 20, 2014

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air Canada

Flight number
AC-47

Aircraft Registration
C-GHLT

Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300

ICAO Type Designator
B763

An Air Canada Boeing 767-300, registration C-GHLT performing flight AC-47 from Vancouver,BC (Canada) to Honolulu,HI (USA), was enroute at FL340 over the Pacific Ocean about 500nm southwest of Vancouver when the crew decided to return to Vancouver due to a burning smell and smoke in the cabin. The aircraft landed safely on Vancouver's runway 26L about 90 minutes later.

The Canadian TSB reported the runway was closed for 9 minutes while emergency services checked the aircraft. The source of smell and smoke was identified to be a coffee pot.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 20, 2014

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air Canada

Flight number
AC-47

Aircraft Registration
C-GHLT

Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300

ICAO Type Designator
B763

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