Author Topic: WJA682 Birdstrike on Departure CYVR  (Read 20468 times)

Offline bcradio

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WJA682 Birdstrike on Departure CYVR
« on: April 25, 2007, 10:09:48 AM »
Westjet 682 hit a flock of birds on departure from Vancouver yesterday:
« Last Edit: April 25, 2007, 10:12:39 AM by bcradio »



Offline KASWspotter

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Re: WJA682 Birdstrike on Departure CYVR
« Reply #1 on: April 25, 2007, 01:30:17 PM »
Nice catch. Thankfully it didnt sound too serious.

Offline Pearson

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Re: WJA682 Birdstrike on Departure CYVR
« Reply #2 on: April 25, 2007, 05:39:14 PM »
Nice clip. The first piece of "excitement" out of YVR.

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Re: WJA682 Birdstrike on Departure CYVR
« Reply #3 on: April 25, 2007, 05:41:09 PM »
'bout an hour later, an Air Canada Airbus returned to CYVR with some sort of problem.. I haven't listened to the tape yet, but you might find it.  Happened around 2130Z yesterday

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/ACA544/history/20070424/2044Z/CYVR/CYVR
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Offline vectorboy

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Re: WJA682 Birdstrike on Departure CYVR
« Reply #4 on: April 26, 2007, 07:38:49 PM »
Air Canada was a hydraulic problem.