Flight from Vancouver to Winnipeg diverted due to reports of smoke
Posted April 18, 2019 1:40 pm.
Last Updated April 18, 2019 1:44 pm.
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VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – An Air Canada flight from Vancouver has been diverted to Regina because of what’s been described as a “declared emergency.”
Flight AC 290 was supposed to land in Winnipeg.
Air Canada says the diversion was “due to reports of smoke coming from a galley oven.”
It says the crew diverted to the nearest airport “as a precaution.”
“The aircraft landed normally, was met by airport response vehicles as per standard procedure, and taxi’d to the gate under its own power where the 146 passengers disembarked normally.”
Air Canada says another aircraft and crew is being sent to Regina to complete the flight, which is estimated to arrive about six hours late in Winnipeg.
– With files from Martin MacMahon
