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Old Mar 29, 2008 | 1:44 pm
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Air Canada 777 skids off the runway at YVR, fire trucks attending

http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/n...78e9f85&k=2774
An Air Canada jet coming in from Sydney, Australia had a close call at Vancouver International Airport this morning when it slid off the runway.

The plane, a Boeing 777, was turning off the landing runway when it looks like it skidded off the pavement, said Bernie Leighton, a visitor from Edmonton who saw the immediate aftermath of the accident, but not the accident itself, from his hotel room at the Fairmont Airport Hotel.

"What we have at the moment is two fire trucks, one stair truck and some engineering vehicles and a $200-million airframe with its nose wheel stuck in the mud," Leighton said.

Buses were sent to remove the more than 200 passengers. No injuries have been reported.

The plane was scheduled to continue on to Toronto.
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Old Mar 29, 2008 | 1:53 pm
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Yep, I saw AC 34 tilted off the tarmac at about 11:30am, they must have moved it to the hangar shortly after.
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Old Mar 29, 2008 | 1:58 pm
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intertesting...neither yvr.ca or aircanada.com have anything about this.

what's with all of the air canada incidents lately?
  • crazy pilot going to LHR
  • turbulence from victoria to toronto
  • tire blow out
  • 777 skidding off the runway
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Old Mar 29, 2008 | 1:59 pm
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Originally Posted by tyassine
intertesting...neither yvr.ca or aircanada.com have anything about this.

what's with all of the air canada incidents lately?
  • crazy pilot going to LHR
  • turbulence from victoria to toronto
  • tire blow out
  • 777 skidding off the runway

maybe they wanted to avoid the embarassment.
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Old Mar 29, 2008 | 1:59 pm
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Originally Posted by tyassine
intertesting...neither yvr.ca or aircanada.com have anything about this.

what's with all of the air canada incidents lately?
  • crazy pilot going to LHR
  • turbulence from victoria to toronto
  • tire blow out
  • 777 skidding off the runway
You forgot the case of liquid spilled in the galley.
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Old Mar 29, 2008 | 2:01 pm
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Originally Posted by st7860
maybe they wanted to avoid the embarassment.
It's all because their crews don't get enough sleep between flights.
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Old Mar 29, 2008 | 2:02 pm
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Originally Posted by tyassine
intertesting...neither yvr.ca or aircanada.com have anything about this.
Don't worry, now that the press uses this forum as their primary aviation source, won't be long.
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Old Mar 29, 2008 | 2:03 pm
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"a $200-million airframe with its nose wheel stuck in the mud," Leighton said.

Is the eyewitness in the OP an FTer? How else would some average Joe bystander know how much 777's cost?
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Old Mar 29, 2008 | 2:05 pm
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Originally Posted by tcook052
"a $200-million airframe with its nose wheel stuck in the mud," Leighton said.

Is the eyewitness in the OP an FTer? How else would some average Joe bystander know how much 777's cost?
One way or another, he might not be "some average Joe bystander." Needs not necessarily be a participant in the FT zoo.
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Old Mar 29, 2008 | 2:09 pm
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Originally Posted by tyassine
what's with all of the air canada incidents lately?
  • crazy pilot going to LHR
  • turbulence from victoria to toronto
  • tire blow out
  • 777 skidding off the runway
Ditto! It seems that we've been getting this type of news the last couple of weeks.
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Old Mar 29, 2008 | 2:15 pm
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Originally Posted by Stranger
One way or another, he might not be "some average Joe bystander." Needs not necessarily be a participant in the FT zoo.
Just kidding about the FTer part there Stranger, though I probably forgot the smilie. I just thought it funny that a bystander would drop that cost into a quote about the incident.
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Old Mar 29, 2008 | 2:17 pm
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Originally Posted by tcook052
Just kidding about the FTer part there Stranger, though I probably forgot the smilie.
So was I.

(Isn't that what this non-thread is for anyway?)
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Old Mar 29, 2008 | 2:35 pm
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Originally Posted by tyassine
intertesting...neither yvr.ca or aircanada.com have anything about this.

what's with all of the air canada incidents lately?
  • crazy pilot going to LHR
  • turbulence from victoria to toronto
  • tire blow out
  • 777 skidding off the runway
And, weren't there two AC 777 diverted for an "acrid smell" on the flight deck? One was a PEK - YYZ and the other was a YVR-YYZ. Possibly the same aircraft?

Last edited by YVR72; Mar 29, 2008 at 3:01 pm Reason: Edited to reflect flight was PEK-YYZ, not HKG-YYZ (Thanks Rejuv)
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Old Mar 29, 2008 | 2:47 pm
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Yes. Though the former was on PEK-YYZ (not HKG-YYZ)
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=802929
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=804441
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Old Mar 29, 2008 | 2:49 pm
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And, weren't there two AC 777 diverted for an "acrid smell" on the flight deck? One was a HKG - YYZ and the other was a YVR-YYZ. Possibly the same aircraft?
I believe I already mentioned the latter non-event, above. Fifth article in this non-thread.

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