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Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 26, 2022
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air Canada
Flight number
AC-1097
Departure
Toronto, Canada
Destination
San Jose, Costa Rica
Aircraft Registration
C-GJXE
Aircraft Type
Airbus A220-300
ICAO Type Designator
BCS3
An Air Canada Bombardier C-Series CS-300, registration C-GJXE performing flight AC-1097 from Toronto,ON (Canada) to San Jose (Costa Rica), was enroute at FL340 over the Gulf of Mexico about 350nm southwest of Orlando,FL (USA) when one of the pilots became incapacitated. The other pilot declared PAN PAN and diverted the aircraft to Orlando, where the aircraft landed safely on runway 17R about 60 minutes after the decision to divert.
The Canadian TSB reported one of the flight crew became incapacitated in flight.
Aircraft Registration Data
Aircraft registration data reproduced and distributed with the permission of the Government of Canada.
