Air Canada B763 enroute on Dec 11th 2014, hydraulic failure
Last Update: December 21, 2014 / 18:54:19 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 11, 2014
Classification
Incident
Cause
Hydraulic failure
Airline
Air Canada
Flight number
AC-117
Departure
Toronto, Canada
Destination
Calgary, Canada
Aircraft Registration
C-GLCA
Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300
ICAO Type Designator
B763
The aircraft vacated the runway on its own power after about 5 minutes, emergency services needed to clean up a puddle of fluid on the runway left by the aircraft.
The Canadian TSB reported maintenance identified the slat/flap shutoff valve module had failed.
Aircraft Registration Data
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Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 11, 2014
Classification
Incident
Cause
Hydraulic failure
Airline
Air Canada
Flight number
AC-117
Departure
Toronto, Canada
Destination
Calgary, Canada
Aircraft Registration
C-GLCA
Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300
ICAO Type Designator
B763
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