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| Date: | Wednesday 13 August 2014 |
| Time: | 10:07 UTC |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-8-402Q Dash 8 |
| Owner/operator: | Air Canada Express |
| Registration: | C-GGNY |
| MSN: | 4386 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2011 |
| Engine model: | P&W Canada PW150 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 73 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Ottawa/Macdonald-Cartier International Airport, ON (YOW/CYOW) -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Fredericton Airport, NB (YFC/CYFC) |
| Toronto-Pearson International Airport, ON (YYZ/CYYZ) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Air Canada Express Flight AC8953, operated by Jazz Air, diverted to Ottawa, Canada due to smoke in the cabin.
The DHC-8-400 airplane had departed Fredericton Airport (YFC), Canada at 08:28 UTC on a regular flight to Toronto. Cruising altitude was FL240. When smoke was noted in the cabin, the flight crew decided to divert to Ottawa, were a safe landing was made on runway 07 at 10:07 UTC.
The TSB initiated an investigation.
Sources:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/air-canada-jazz-flight-ac8953-makes-emergency-landing-in-ottawa-1.2735068
http://www.bst-tsb.gc.ca/eng/medias-media/deploiement-deployment/aviation/2014/20140813.asp
https://www.flightradar24.com//data/flights/ac8953/#40f338d
Location
Media:
.@AirCanada Jazz flight AC8953 lands safely @FlyYOW as smoke reported in cabin. Going from #Fredericton to #Toronto. pic.twitter.com/ReKbzQcRHs
— CBC Ottawa (@CBCOttawa) August 13, 2014Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Aug-2014 19:18 | harro | Added |
| 13-Aug-2014 19:21 | harro | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
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