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| Date: | Sunday 8 January 2023 |
| Time: | 13:55 |
| Type: |  Airbus A330-343 |
| Owner/operator: | Air Canada |
| Registration: | C-GHLM |
| MSN: | 419 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2001 |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Trent 772-B60 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 300 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Location: | 41 nm NNE of Lyon St-Exupéry Airport (LFLL) -
 France
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Genève-Cointrin Airport (GVA/LSGG) |
| Montreal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, QC (YUL/CYUL) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
An Air Canada Airbus A330-300 was conducting flight AC885 from Geneve-Cointrin (LSGG) Switzerland to Montreal/Pierre Elliott Trudeau Intl. (CYUL), QC. During initial climb approximately 41 NM NNE of Lyon St-Exupéry (LFLL), France, Flight crew noticed navigation errors, was unable to fly planned waypoints and shortly thereafter lost all navigation. Flight crew advised ATC, declared a PANPAN and diverted to LFLL where an overweight landing was performed.
Maintenance conducted a complete reset of the inertial reference system and aircraft completed flight to CYUL without further issues following maintenance.
Sources:
TSB
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/c-ghlm#2ec8b3bc
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 14 June 2002 | C-GHLM | Air Canada | 0 | Frankfurt Am Main Airport (FRA/EDDF) |  |
min |
| Tailstrike | ||||||
| 13 July 2022 | C-GHLM | Air Canada | 0 | near Madrid-Barajas Adolfo Suárez Airport (MAD/LEMD) |  |
non |
| Near miss | ||||||
| 6 July 2024 | C-GHLM | Air Canada | 0 | Near Cape Hurd |  |
unk |
| Loss of pressurization | ||||||
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