AC948 Today - Understand weird route
Mar 27, 2019, 3:26 pm
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AC948 Today - Understand weird route
AC948 today was supposed to fly YUL-PTP, but looking at flight aware the routing is extremely weird showing an 11hr flight time instead of the normal 5 hours. Is there any way to check and understand what happened?
Mar 27, 2019, 3:30 pm
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RMKS/ADDIONAL CAPACITY REQUIRED DIVERSION FOR FLIGHT CONTROL PR
OBLEM AIR BORNE RETURN ACCT FLIGHT CONTROL ISSUE FIN 215 RECREW
REQUIRED AIRCRFAT SWAP REQUIRED NEW FIN 260 WAS A320 NOW A319
A319 LOAD
OBLEM AIR BORNE RETURN ACCT FLIGHT CONTROL ISSUE FIN 215 RECREW
REQUIRED AIRCRFAT SWAP REQUIRED NEW FIN 260 WAS A320 NOW A319
A319 LOAD
Mar 27, 2019, 3:34 pm
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Thanks for the update. Flying out on the Saturday flight which was nearly full, so with the switch to a 319 today hope they don’t bump too many people to my flight. If they have have to IDB people and the next flight is 3 days away, what does AC normally do? Reboot on another airline??
Mar 27, 2019, 3:37 pm
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Looks like they went back to YUL and then departed again with a different aircraft. I am sure someone with EF access will post why; almost certainly a mechanical issue.
EDIT: Too slow!
Mar 27, 2019, 3:50 pm
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Mar 27, 2019, 3:53 pm
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According to https://planefinder.net/data/flight/AC948 the second fin is C-FYKC which is an A319.
Mar 27, 2019, 3:58 pm
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They will find people other available options on alternate carriers if they need to get back sooner..