Incident: Westjet B737 near Toronto on Jul 23rd 2010, smoke in cockpit

24.07.2010 - 16:55

A Westjet Airlines Boeing 737-700, registration C-GWSY performing flight WS-324 from Toronto,ON to St. John s,NL (Canada), stopped climb out of Toronto at FL230, the crew declared emergency reporting smoke in the cockpit and returned to Toronto for a safe landing on runway 15L about 25 minutes later and stopped on the runway to have emergency services inspect the aircraft. The airplane taxied to the apron 12 minutes after landing. The replacement Boeing 737-700 registration C-FBWS could not land in St. John s initially due to weather and needed to divert for a landing in Stephenville,NL (Canada) before finally reaching St. John s with a total delay of 7 hours. Read the article at http://avherald.com/h?articleBebba61 Modify your subscription at http://avherald.com/h?login