An Air Canada flight operating from Brussels to Montreal has declared an emergency whilst en route.
Air Canada flight AC833, an Airbus A330-300, declared an emergency with transponder code 7700 not long after departure, and is presently diverting.
Air Canada AC833 Brussels-Montreal
Having declared an emergency, flight AC833 terminated its climb and is presently holding at the reduced altitude of 10,000 feet. The nature of the emergency is not yet known.
Return to Brussels (BRU)
Flight AC833 has now exited the holding pattern and is making a return to Brussels Airport (BRU). The flight has now reverted to a normal squawk code for the return.
10:10 UTC: Approach to Brussels (BRU)
Flight AC833 is now in the Brussels region and is preparing for an approach to Brussels Airport.
Flight data shows that Air Canada flight AC833 had made an on-time departure out of Brussels airport at 1000 local time this morning.
The flight had set course normally, bound for Montréal Pierre Trudeau International Airport (YUL).
Not long after departure, flight crew terminated the climb at FL190 (19,000 feet), before conducting a descent. A holding procedure was then conducted at 10,000 feet, presumably for the purpose of fuel dumping to effect an early return to the origin airport.
10:20 UTC: Landed Brussels (BRU)
Originally bound for Montreal, Air Canada flight AC833 has now landed at Brussels Airport, having declared an emergency and conducted an early return this morning.
The aircraft conducting this morning’s AC833 rotation to Montréal was an Airbus A330-300, registered C-GKUH. This is a 14.2-year-old wide-body aircraft belonging to the national carrier Air Canada. It has been an operational service with the airline since October 2019.
Click the banner to subscribe to our weekly newsleter.
Click the photo to join our WhatsApp channel so then you can stay up to date with everything going on in the aviation industry!
