- Date
- January 14, 2011, 06:55 local (06:55 UTC)
- Place
- Atlantic Ocean, Canada
- Injuries
- 7 serious, 8 minor, 88 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- C-GHLQBoeing 767
- Defining event
- Enroute-cruise: Abrupt maneuver
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 78339
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
On January 14, 2011, at 0655 UTC, a Boeing 767-300, Canadian registration C-GHLQ, operating as Air Canada flight 878, from Toronto Canada to Zurich, Switzerland experienced a pitch excursion resulting in a loss of 300 feet while in cruise at 35000 feet over the North Atlantic ocean. Thirteen passengers and two flight attendants were injured. After determining the extent of the injuries, it was decided to continue to destination. The seatbelt sign had been selected on 41 minutes prior to the pitch excursion. Upon arrival in Zurich, seven passengers were sent to surrounding hospitals for further assessments and observation. The airplane was not damaged. This accident is being investigated by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada. www.tsb.ca
Factual narrative
On January 14, 2011, at 0655 UTC, a Boeing 767-300, Canadian registration C-GHLQ, operating as Air Canada flight 878, from Toronto Canada to Zurich, Switzerland experienced a pitch excursion resulting in a loss of 300 feet while in cruise at 35000 feet over the North Atlantic ocean. Thirteen passengers and two flight attendants were injured. After determining the extent of the injuries, it was decided to continue to destination. The seatbelt sign had been selected on 41 minutes prior to the pitch excursion. Upon arrival in Zurich, seven passengers were sent to surrounding hospitals for further assessments and observation. The airplane was not damaged. This accident is being investigated by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada. www.tsb.ca
Aircraft
- Registration
- C-GHLQ
- Reported as
- Boeing 767
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator
- Air Canada
- Registered owner
- Air Canada
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- CYYZ · Toronto
- Destination
- LZRH · Zurich
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- LZRH · Zurich