Canada A321 near Winnipeg on Feb 24th 2016, generator failure leaves just one generator working
Last Update: February 29, 2016 / 22:04:31 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Feb 24, 2016
Classification
Incident
Cause
Generator failure
Airline
Air Canada
Flight number
AC-166
Departure
Vancouver, Canada
Destination
Ottawa, Canada
Aircraft Registration
C-GITY
Aircraft Type
Airbus A321
ICAO Type Designator
A321
The Canadian TSB reported maintenance replaced the #1 integrated drive generator.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Feb 24, 2016
Classification
Incident
Cause
Generator failure
Airline
Air Canada
Flight number
AC-166
Departure
Vancouver, Canada
Destination
Ottawa, Canada
Aircraft Registration
C-GITY
Aircraft Type
Airbus A321
ICAO Type Designator
A321
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