ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 349236
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| Date: | Thursday 6 November 2003 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Airbus A330-343 |
| Owner/operator: | Air Canada |
| Registration: | C-GHKX |
| MSN: | 412 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2001 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | |
| Location: | Vancouver International Airport, British Columbia -
 Canada
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | TSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
An Air Canada Airbus A330-300 (registration C-GHKX, serial number 0412), operating as Flight ACA216, departed Vancouver International Airport, British Columbia, at 1423 Pacific standard time on a scheduled flight to Calgary, Alberta, with 6 crew members and 92 passengers on board. Shortly after take-off, the Vancouver tower informed the pilots that a substantial amount of smoke or vapour was coming from the number 2 engine. Although the pilots did not receive any abnormal engine indications or cockpit warnings, they declared an emergency and advised that they were returning to Vancouver.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
TSB
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 11 March 2008 | C-GHKX | Air Canada | 0 | Calgary International Airport, AB (YYC/CYYC) | |
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| Tire failure | ||||||
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