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PED Use Restrictions Lifted

Passengers on airliners operating in Canada will soon be able to use non-transmitting personal electronic devices (PEDs) throughout their flights. Transport Canada lifted the requirement for phones and tablets to be turned off during takeoff and […]

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Bell to Win Second Coast Guard Heli Bid

It appears Bell Helicopters Canada is a shoo-in to win a second Coast Guard helicopter contract because other manufacturers won’t be submitting bids. According to the Canadian Press, the Bell 412 is likely to be the next […]

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Lear Touches Wing On Landing

April 24/14-The Air Tindi Ltd Learjet 35A, C-GXCB, was operating as flight DA 351 from Yellowknife, NT (CYZF) to Cambridge Bay, NU (CYCB). While landing on Runway 31 at CYCB, the right wing suddenly dropped. […]

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Sunglasses Spark Cockpit Fire

April 21/14-A Pacific Coastal Airlines Beech 1900 (C-FPCO) flight PCO135 taxied to position for take-off from runway 26L in Vancouver (CYVR). The pilot’s sunglasses, having been left on the glareshield, shorted out the windshield heat […]

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Ice Gives Way Under Twin Otter

April 20/14-The Transwest Air de Havilland DHC-6 200 (C-FGLF) operating on skis had landed at Scott Lake NT and was taxiing to the un-loading area. The aircraft began to break through the ice into slush. […]

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Floats Scraped

April 7/14-The privately owned amphibious Christen A-1 aircraft (C-FVKQ) touched down on runway 09 with the landing gear retracted. The aircraft came to a stop on the runway and received minor damage to the bottom […]

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Langley Top Female-Friendly Airport

Langley ‘Most Female-Friendly Airport’ Young participants in Langley’s WOAW event show the appropriate response. Langley B.C. has been named the Most Female Pilot Friendly Airport Worldwide after hosting a tremendously popular event for Women of […]

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Toronto Moves On Billy Bishop Expansion

Toronto City Council’s executive committee has voted 11-1 in favour of going ahead with negotiations that could result allowing modern jet airliners to use Billy Bishop Toronto City Centre Airport. After nine hours of public […]

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Sunwing 737 Hits Severe Turbulence

A Sunwing 737 hit severe turbulence over Montana early Sunday Two Sunwing flight attendants were slightly injured and 181 passengers significantly inconvenienced when the Boeing 737 hit “extreme turbulence” east of the Rockies and made […]

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Pitch Problem Prompts Landing

Feb. 4/14-The EVAS Beechcraft 1900 (registration C-GAAT) aeroplane departed St John’s Airport (CYYT) enroute to Deer Lake Airport (CYDF). In the initial climb the first officer, who was PIC, was having difficulty in keeping the […]

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Engine Fire On Dash-8

Feb. 5/14-A DeHavilland DHC-8-311, C-FACV, operated by Jazz from Vancouver to Penticton as Flight JZA8350 was waiting on taxiway ‘Lima’ to depart runway 08R when a flight attendant noticed the No 1 (left) engine (Pratt […]