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| Date: | Friday 18 April 2025 |
| Time: | 19:00 |
| Type: |  Airbus A330-343 |
| Owner/operator: | Air Canada |
| Registration: | C-GFAJ |
| MSN: | 284 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1999 |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Trent 772-B60 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor, repaired |
| Location: | 17 nm SSE of Montreal International Airport, QC (YUL) -
 Canada
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Montreal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, QC (YUL/CYUL) |
| Brussel-Zaventem Airport (BRU/EBBR) | |
| Investigating agency: | TSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Air Canada flight AC832, an Airbus A330-300, struck a large bird during the initial climb shortly after take-off from runway 24R at Montreal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, QC (YUL). The crew then declared an emergency and the flight returned to land safely on runway 24L at YUL. The company's maintenance department inspected the aircraft and found damage to the radome and weather radar, which had to be replaced.
Sources:
TSB A25Q0045
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/c-gfaj#39f51448
https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/CGFAJ/history/20250418/2305Z/CYUL/EBBR
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 5 February 2017 | C-GFAJ | Air Canada | 0 | Brussel-Zaventem Airport (BRU/EBBR) |  |
min |
| 5 November 2023 | C-GFAJ | Air Canada | 0 | Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG/LFPG) | |
unk |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-May-2025 16:02 | ASN | Added |
| 03-May-2025 16:06 | ASN | Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
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