Guest Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 Canadian Aviation News Today, September 10, 2019, 53 minutes ago Swoop plane makes emergency landing at Abbotsford International after bird strike Today, September 10, 2019, 54 minutes ago | Canadian Aviation News News provided by City News 1130 – link to full story and updates BY DEAN RECKSIEDLER AND HANA MAE NASSAR Posted Sep 10, 2019 Source: Google Maps SUMMARY A plane was forced to make an emergency landing at Abbotsford International Airport after a bird strike Tuesday morning The City of Abbotsford says all passengers are safely back at the YXX terminal after an emergency landing on Tuesday Witnesses reported hearing loud ‘booms’ and seeing flames from at least one engine after a plane hit some birds near YXX ABBOTSFORD (NEWS 1130) – There’s been a scare on a flight leaving Abbotsford International Airport. “There was a bird strike at YXX,” Alex Mitchell with the City of Abbotsford confirmed on Tuesday. “The aircraft has, however, landed safely and passengers have been offloaded into the terminal safely.” There was a birdstrike at YXX – the Aircraft has landed safely passengers have been offloaded into the terminal safely. Updates will be available in the coming hours. — Abbotsford Airport (@yxxairport) September 10, 2019 The SWOOP flight was in the air for less than 30 minutes when it was forced to turn around. Witnesses reported hearing several “booms”, and video from inside the plane shows flames shooting out of at least one of the engines. A person who was on the plane posted online saying they heard four “thuds,” and then started to smell smoke. That’s apparently when passengers were told the plane hit some geese. It’s safely landed. pic.twitter.com/5q11pXzYaE — Lovella Schellenberg (@LovellaSchelle8) September 10, 2019 More to come. -With files from Mike Lloyd Comments (0) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.O. Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 I was in my office when it departed and I heard what sounded like a compressor stall. Now I know why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conehead Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 Another Swoop aircraft out of service for an unscheduled engine change. Wait for more cancelled flights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airbrake Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 I’m glad they were able to safely land back at the YXX airport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tango Foxtrot Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 Credit where credit is due! Rumor has it a multiple bird strike/ingestion, engine change at an out base. West jet mechanics changed engine. Aircraft back in service. No complaints of disruption of service. Well done ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.O. Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 They used our hangar. Great bunch of guys on the engine change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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