Moon The Loon Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 Late Wednesday night, a BA 763 carried out an emergency landing into Iqaluit/CYFB because of a "smoke in the cockpit" event (as related to me by one of the passengers on the flight). The 200 or so passengers from every walk of life were housed for the night in the new military barracks - no hotel rooms available in Iqaluit after the loss of the 75+ room accommodation known formerly as The Arctic Hotel. As I waited for my First Air flight on Thursday early afternoon (the one supposed to take me home), another BA 763 landed in Iqaluit - the rescue airplane to continue the 200+ passengers' journey to Calgary. Judging by the reactions of the pax I spoke with, this was a very well handled event. Iqaluit's new terminal building had its baptism of fire with such a large scale international event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conehead Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 I thought it was a 787, or maybe this was a separate incident? http://avherald.com/h?article=4bd9f1b6&opt=0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.O. Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 It was a 787-900 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon The Loon Posted September 15, 2018 Author Share Posted September 15, 2018 Musta been. Took one look at the tail feathers and "assumed". Was too far away to see detail but did note the wingtip was quite different from what I remember - a supercritical wing no less. My bad. Aircraft recognition score? FAIL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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