Air Canada B788 over Pacific on Feb 10th 2015, engine oil indication

Last Update: February 13, 2015 / 22:02:58 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 10, 2015

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air Canada

Flight number
AC-3

Departure
Vancouver, Canada

Destination
Tokyo Narita, Japan

Aircraft Registration
C-GHPQ

Aircraft Type
Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner

ICAO Type Designator
B788

An Air Canada Boeing 787-800, registration C-GHPQ performing flight AC-3 from Vancouver,BC (Canada) to Tokyo Narita (Japan), was enroute at FL400 about 1480nm southwest of Anchorage,AK (USA), about to cross from over Bering Sea to over Pacific Ocean about 200nm east of Kamchatka (Russia), when the crew received an engine (GEnx) oil indication and initially set course to divert to Cold Bay,AK (USA) about 1000nm east of their present position before deciding to divert to Anchorage. The aircraft maintained FL400 until reaching the top of descent to Anchorage and landed safely in Anchorage about 3.5 hours after the indication.

The airline reported the crew received an oil indication for one of the engines.

A replacement Boeing 777-300 registration C-FIVX reached Tokyo with a delay of 14:15 hours.

A ground observer reported the left hand engine was being worked on.
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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 10, 2015

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air Canada

Flight number
AC-3

Departure
Vancouver, Canada

Destination
Tokyo Narita, Japan

Aircraft Registration
C-GHPQ

Aircraft Type
Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner

ICAO Type Designator
B788

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