yyznomad

So second time in a month an AC810 flight with tire problems during takeoff?

Wpgjetse

Maybe YYZ Cut back on checking runways.

pitz

What the heck happened here?

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/R...920Z/CYLW/CYYZ

Anyone? Flight left YQR later as ROU1974.

After Burner

If I were to guess I'd say a medical emergency just after passing Regina. Turned back and did a shuttle descent.

ChrisA330

rmks/passenger no pulse
dly due medical divn yqr

yyznomad

yikes... I even understand that code.

pitz

Ick. Been there, done that. Good thing I didn't crack a totally innappropriate Rouge joke.

jaysona

http://avherald.com/h?article=4894d485&opt=0

By Simon Hradecky, created Wednesday, Jul 15th 2015 00:17Z, last updated Wednesday, Jul 15th 2015 00:17Z

A Jazz de Havilland Dash 8-100, registration C-GANS performing flight QK-8802 from Halifax,NS to Sydney,NS (Canada) with 22 people on board, was climbing out of Halifax's runway 14 when the left hand engine (PW120) surged and torque fluctuated prompting the crew to shut the engine down as a precaution. The aircraft returned to Halifax for a safe landing about 20 minutes later.

The Canadian TSB reported that a pin had pushed back on a connector of the auto-feather system. The pin was reset and ground runs carried out.

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/J...330Z/CYHZ/CYQY

jaysona

http://avherald.com/h?article=489ad86b&opt=0

By Simon Hradecky, created Wednesday, Jul 22nd 2015 20:16Z, last updated Wednesday, Jul 22nd 2015 20:16Z

An Air Georgian Beech 1900D registration C-GORF was taxiing from Toronto,ON (Canada) Airport's Terminal 1 to the North Apron for maintenance. The captain, sole pilot on board, had received clearance to taxi via runway 33R, hold short runway 05 and acknowledged that instruction correctly.

A Westjet Boeing 737-800, registration C-GWJU performing flight WS-536 from Winnipeg,MB to Toronto,ON (Canada), was on short final, about 1nm before touchdown, when the Beech crossed the hold short line of runway 05. The pilot of the Beech noticed the Boeing only when he was already on the surface of runway 05 and decided to accelerate taxi. The B190 left the runway surface just when Boeing crossed the runway threshold, about 2570 meters/8430 feet before the intersection of runways 33R and 05.

The Canadian TSB reported that tower did not notice the runway incursion until the RIMCAS system issued an alert, when the Boeing was about 700 feet before the runway threshold.

tcook052

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toront...clog-1.3173107

A Toronto-bound Air Canada flight from London's Heathrow airport turned around after more than two hours in the air after passengers complained of clogged toilets.

Air Canada flight AC849 turned around off the coast of Ireland for what the airline described in a statement as "an issue with some of [the plane's] lavatories."

The plane, which is now back in the air, is set to land at Pearson International at 10:32 p.m. ET, almost five hours after it was originally scheduled to land.

canadiancow

Is that not an issue a flight attendant could have resolved?

Like I don't like unclogging toilets either, but I imagine the cost of turning the flight around are staggering. Give me half of those costs, and I'll do it myself

jaysona

Really, you expect an FA to deal with a maintenance issue? Flight attendants are not aircraft maintenance engineers. The article says "clogged" but it was most like something other than just a "clogged" toilet.

The average joe-q-public person has no clue or idea on how to comprehend the technical details related to a maintenance issue and of course the CBC - being the stellar news outfit that they are - chose to use the simplest of terms to report on the issue.

The fact that more than one lavatory was inoperable and the fact that the pilot chose to return to LHR is a good indicator that the issue was something other than a simple "clogged" toilet.

Pilots don't just decide to turn a plane around, there will have been several back and forth discussions with maintenance before the decision is made to turn around.

canadiancow

No, I expect a FA to deal with a clogged toilet.

ChrisA330

This was most likely a clogged lav system, not just the toilet.

yyznomad

I bet you that they did try, but then realized it was a true engineering issue. Nobody wants to simply shrug their shoulders and then have a flight turnaround after 2 hours without trying at least.

Now, are you saying that if this was a BR flight that the FAs would have fixed it?