Air Canada flight bound for Vancouver makes emergency landing in Toronto
An Air Canada flight bound for Vancouver International Airport has made an emergency landing in Toronto this Friday evening after it experienced a sudden rapid drop in altitude.
The Airbus A319 aircraft, Flight 549, departed New Jersey’s Newark Liberty International Airport at approximately 6:22 p.m. ET. Shortly after taking off, the aircraft experienced air pressure issues, prompting pilots to take the plane from 34,000 feet to 10,000 feet – a descent of 24,000 feet in just six minutes.
Image: Flight Aware
According to Flight Aware’s data, it landed safely at Pearson International Airport in Toronto at 7:57 p.m. ET. No injuries have been reported.
A photo on Twitter posted by a passenger shows the deployment of oxygen masks on the aircraft. No comment has been provided by Air Canada at this time.
#AC549 @aircanada that sucked. Lost pressure at 36k feet, rapid descend to 10k with masks on pic.twitter.com/188c9xYOGd
— Milun Tesovic (@miluntesovic) January 30, 2016
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