Westjet B763 near Sondrestrom on Oct 18th 2016, avionics cooling failure
Last Update: October 19, 2016 / 22:01:17 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 18, 2016
Classification
Incident
Airline
Westjet Airlines
Flight number
WS-4
Departure
London Gatwick, United Kingdom
Destination
Toronto, Canada
Aircraft Registration
C-GOGN
Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300
ICAO Type Designator
B763
The airline dispatched a Boeing 737-700 registration C-GYWJ as well as a Boeing 737-800 registration C-FWIJ to Sondrestrom to take the passengers to Toronto. The last passengers reached Toronto with a delay of 14 hours.
The occurrence aircraft was able to depart Sondrestrom about 21 hours after landing and positioned to Toronto reaching the destination with a delay of 24 hours.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 18, 2016
Classification
Incident
Airline
Westjet Airlines
Flight number
WS-4
Departure
London Gatwick, United Kingdom
Destination
Toronto, Canada
Aircraft Registration
C-GOGN
Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300
ICAO Type Designator
B763
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