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Old Mar 7, 2006 | 2:41 pm
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Originally Posted by airbus320
"An Air Canada A320 twin-engine jet was forced to make an emergency landing in Winnipeg with only one engine after a warning light came on last night. Peter Fitzpatrick, an Air Canada spokesman, said today that Flight 143 was enroute from Ottawa to Edmonton when the pilot made the decision to shut down an engine after a warning light came on showing a compressor problem. The jet landed at Winnipeg International Airport without incident shortly after 10 p.m. Fitzpatrick said all of the 160 passengers were put on another plane and arrived in Edmonton early this morning." Winnipeg Free Press

160 pax according to the Free Press. There must have been two per seat in the back rows.
Another good example of why it is foolish to believe everything you read in the media........
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