10 passengers injured on turbulent Air Canada flight

An Air Canada flight from Victoria to Toronto was transformed into a terrifying white-knuckle roller-coaster that saw the jet violently plunge, pitch and yaw, tossing passengers, dishes and a cart about the cabin.

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Written by tb_neg on January 10th, 2008 with 5 comments.
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Jon
#1. January 11th, 2008, at 12:02 PM.

And they got to land in Calgary! Where I live!

I heard that it was possibly mechanical failure that caused the incident. I wonder what would have had to fail to cause such a reaction but allow control to be recoverable? Autopilot, control systems?

tb_neg
#2. January 11th, 2008, at 12:48 PM.

I think auto pilot will shut off if there is a large deviation in the flight. So, if they hit a large enough bump, auto pilot would shut off, as sort of a “hey, what’s going on here?”

Jon
#3. January 11th, 2008, at 2:20 PM.

Are you getting any more traffic load right now due to the mention in the article? :-)

tb_neg
#4. January 14th, 2008, at 2:07 PM.

Jon, there was a nice influx, yes.

Jon
#5. January 15th, 2008, at 12:05 PM.

Here is another article with a theory on what the aircraft experienced:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080112.EMERGENCY12/TPStory/National

Apparently an “atmospheric bore”. That is a new one to me…

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