ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 89026
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| Date: | 14-JAN-2011 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing 767-333ER |
| Owner/operator: | Air Canada |
| Registration: | C-GHLQ |
| C/n / msn: | 30846/832 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 104 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Location: | over Switzerland -
 Switzerland
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Zurich, Switzerland |
Seven of the 95 passengers from Air Canada Flight 878 were taken to hospital after the Boeing 767 encountered severe turbulence toward the end of the flight. None of the nine crew members were injured.
Sources:
http://web.archive.org/web/20110118070027/http://www.cbc.ca:80/canada/story/2011/01/14/air-canada-turbulence-switzerland.html?
https://www.blick.ch/news/schweiz/kinder-und-eine-schwangere-betroffen-flug-mit-14-verletzten-in-zuerich-gelandet-id67269.html
Images:
Photo of C-GHLQ courtesy AirHistory.net
Los Angeles - International (KLAX / LAX)
16 November 2015; (c) Danny Grew
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Jan-2011 02:28 | peterj | Added |
| 15-Jan-2011 04:59 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Country, Source, Damage] |
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