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| Date: | Monday 7 February 2022 |
| Time: | 20:13 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing 737 MAX 8 |
| Owner/operator: | Air Canada |
| Registration: | C-GEKZ |
| MSN: | 61236/7478 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2019 |
| Engine model: | CFMI CFM LEAP-1B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Location: | 340 nm NW of Toronto -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Vancouver International Airport, BC (YVR/CYVR) |
| Toronto-Pearson International Airport, ON (YYZ/CYYZ) | |
| Investigating agency: | TSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
An Air Canada Boeing 737 MAX 8 was conducting flight AC120 from Vancouver Intl (CYVR), BC to Toronto/Lester B. Pearson Intl (CYYZ), ON. During cruise over US territory, flight crew declared an emergency due to airspeed indication problem. Flight crew requested priority handling to ATC and landed in CYYZ without further incident.
The aircraft resumed service on 10 February 2022.
Sources:
TSB A22F0028
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 5 July 2022 | C-GEKZ | Air Canada | 0 | over northern Nebraska |  |
min |
| Windscreen cracks or failure | ||||||
| 8 November 2022 | C-GEKZ | Air Canada | 0 | 180 nm W of Winnipeg, MB | |
non |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Feb-2022 18:18 | harro | Added |
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