Sunwing B738 near Toronto on Dec 10th 2014, control problems
Last Update: December 16, 2014 / 23:28:40 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 10, 2014
Classification
Incident
Airline
Sunwing Airlines
Flight number
WG-724
Departure
Toronto, Canada
Destination
Liberia, Costa Rica
Aircraft Registration
C-FEAK
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
The Canadian TSB reported company maintenance is investigating the source of the anomaly.
The airline reported the right hand elevator produced uncommanded pitch changes, on autopilots A and B as well as in manual control.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 10, 2014
Classification
Incident
Airline
Sunwing Airlines
Flight number
WG-724
Departure
Toronto, Canada
Destination
Liberia, Costa Rica
Aircraft Registration
C-FEAK
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
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