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Incident: Westjet Encore DH8D at Kelowna and Vancouver on Jan 12th 2020, fuel emergency, landed below final fuel reserve

By Simon Hradecky, created Thursday, Jan 16th 2020 21:18Z, last updated Thursday, Jan 16th 2020 21:18Z

A Westjet Encore de Havilland Dash 8-400, registration C-GWJK performing flight WS-3260 from Victoria,BC to Kelowna,BC (Canada) with 23 passengers and 4 crew, was on approach to Kelowna when the crew needed to go around due to poor weather conditions. The aircraft entered a hold to wait for improvement of weather, but needed to decide to divert to Vancouver,BC (Canada). During the descent into Vancouver the crew declared emergency due to being low on fuel. The aircraft landed safely with emergency services on stand by.

The Canadian TSB reported the crew actually declared Mayday because the aircraft was already below required minimum fuel.

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/WEN3260/history/20200112/1830Z/CYYJ/CYLW
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/WEN3260/history/20200112/1908Z/CYYJ/CYVR

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