Air Canada B763 at Zurich on Sep 29th 2014, autoland failure
Last Update: October 2, 2014 / 21:15:50 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 29, 2014
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air Canada
Flight number
AC-878
Departure
Toronto, Canada
Destination
Zurich, Switzerland
Aircraft Registration
C-FXCA
Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300
ICAO Type Designator
B763
The aircraft was able to reach Zurich later the day with a delay of 8 hours.
Metars Zurich:
LSZH 290950Z VRB02KT 3200 1500N BR FEW001 BKN003 14/14 Q1027 BECMG 5000 SCT005
LSZH 290920Z VRB03KT 2200 0800NW R14/P2000U R16/P2000N R28/P2000U R34/P2000D BCFG SCT001 BKN002 14/14 Q1027 BECMG 3000 BKN005
LSZH 290850Z 31003KT 260V040 0700 R14/P2000U R16/P2000U R28/P2000D R34/P2000U BCFG SCT001 BKN002 13/13 Q1027 BECMG 1500 BKN005
LSZH 290820Z VRB02KT 0600 R14/0800U R16/1000N R28/P2000U R34/1000D BCFG VV001 13/13 Q1027 BECMG 1500 BKN005
LSZH 290750Z VRB02KT 0450 R14/0800U R16/1000N R28/P2000U R34/1000D BCFG VV001 12/12 Q1027 BECMG 1500 BKN005
LSZH 290720Z 00000KT 0250 R14/0500N R16/0600N R28/0900U R34/1300D PRFG VV001 12/12 Q1027 BECMG 0500 BKN003
LSZH 290650Z VRB01KT 0250 R14/0400N R16/0600N R28/0900U R34/P2000U PRFG VV001 12/12 Q1027 BECMG 0500 BKN003
LSZH 290620Z VRB02KT 0200 R14/0450N R16/0500N R28/0900U R34/0550N PRFG VV001 12/12 Q1027 NOSIG
LSZH 290550Z VRB01KT 0200 R14/0650N R16/0650N R28/0800U R34/0600D FG VV001 12/12 Q1027 NOSIG
LSZH 290520Z 14003KT 110V170 0200 R14/0550N R16/0650N R28/1000D R34/0600U PRFG VV001 12/12 Q1026 NOSIG
LSZH 290450Z 12003KT 0300 R14/0700N R16/0650N R28/0800U R34/0800N PRFG VV001 12/12 Q1026 NOSIG
Metars Geneva:
LSGG 291050Z VRB02KT CAVOK 19/14 Q1027 NOSIG
LSGG 291020Z VRB02KT 9999 FEW035 BKN110 18/13 Q1027 NOSIG
LSGG 290950Z VRB02KT 9999 FEW040 BKN110 17/14 Q1027 NOSIG
LSGG 290920Z VRB01KT 9999 FEW060 BKN120 18/14 Q1027 NOSIG
LSGG 290850Z VRB02KT 9999 FEW060 SCT130 BKN160 17/14 Q1027 NOSIG
LSGG 290820Z 11003KT 9999 FEW060 BKN180 16/13 Q1027 NOSIG
LSGG 290750Z VRB02KT 9999 FEW040 SCT180 17/13 Q1027 NOSIG
LSGG 290720Z VRB02KT 9999 FEW060 SCT180 15/13 Q1027 NOSIG
LSGG 290650Z VRB02KT //// FEW060 SCT170 14/13 Q1027 NOSIG
LSGG 290620Z VRB01KT 9999 FEW035 SCT120 12/11 Q1026 NOSIG
LSGG 290550Z VRB01KT 9999 MIFG FEW040 11/10 Q1026 NOSIG
LSGG 290520Z VRB01KT 9999 MIFG FEW035 11/10 Q1026 NOSIG
LSGG 290450Z 00000KT 9999 FEW040 SCT150 11/10 Q1026 NOSIG
LSGG 290420Z 00000KT 9999 FEW040 SCT150 11/10 Q1026 NOSIG
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 29, 2014
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air Canada
Flight number
AC-878
Departure
Toronto, Canada
Destination
Zurich, Switzerland
Aircraft Registration
C-FXCA
Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300
ICAO Type Designator
B763
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