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| Date: | Tuesday 25 November 2014 |
| Time: | c. 10:45 |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-8-301 |
| Owner/operator: | Air Canada Express |
| Registration: | C-GVTA |
| MSN: | 190 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1989 |
| Engine model: | P&W Canada PW123 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | near Vancouver International Airport, BC (YVR/CYVR) -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Penticton, BC (YYF) |
| Vancouver International Airport, BC (YVR) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A de Havilland Canada DHC-8-301 perfoming Air Canada Express flight AC8353 suffered minor damage to a window pane when a screw came loose from the nr. 2 prop spinner.
The 2,5 cm bolt struck an exterior passenger window pane which resulted in a small hole in this pane.
The airplane landed safely at 10:51 hours local time. There were no personal injuries.
The incident plane was back in serice four hours later.
Sources:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/news/Plane-screw-comes-loose-and-smashes-into-window/
Location
Media:
Cripes. Bolt comes off Air Canada engine, embeds in passenger window. http://t.co/a5cktpOq3K pic.twitter.com/gXsmAPAi9c
— Scott Gilmore (@Scott_Gilmore) November 25, 2014Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Nov-2014 10:35 | gerard57 | Added |
| 27-Nov-2014 10:43 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 27-Nov-2014 10:48 | harro | Updated [Time, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
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