An Air Canada flight heading out of Toronto Pearson International Airport last week was forced to turn around due to an onboard emergency.
confirmed an “electrical odour was detected in the cabin,” prompting pilots to divert to Toronto as a precaution.
“Priority clearance for landing was requested as the return was unscheduled,” Peter Fitzpatrick of Air Canada told CTV News Toronto. Based on Flightradar24, the trip had not made it past Scarborough when it made its way back to Toronto Pearson airport. The whole flight lasted less than an hour, according to the flight tracking website.
The plane landed normally, and after being inspected by first response vehicles, Fitzpatrick said customers deplaned normally after taxing at the gate and were rebooked.“And now I missed my connecting flight AC919. Addio Venezia…” the tweet reads.
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