Air Canada #AC843 to Toronto is declaring an emergency and diverting to Edinburgh

Category: Emergency

Airline: Air Canada
Tail: Aircraft: Airbus A330-343X
Data:
Air Canada Airbus A330-343 | C-GHKR/935 | Flight ACA890 from YYZ to FCOLord of the Wings

Air Canada flight from Frankfurt to Toronto has declared an emergency and turned around over Atlantic.

Flight #AC843 departed Frankfurt, Germany this Thursday at 17:40 CEST for a 8-hour flight to Toronto.

The Airbus A330-343X (registration C-GHKR) climbed to 36,000 ft and turned around before crossing the Atlantic.

The crew declared an emergency (squawk 7700) and descended to Edinburgh.

UPDATE 19:35 BST
After first intention to divert to Glasgow, flight #AC843 is going to Edinburgh.

UPDATE 19:39 BST
The Airbus A330-300 landed runway 06 at EDI 3 hours and 3 minutes after departure.

UPDATE 19:43 BST
The plane reached the stand.

UPDATE 20:00 BST
Estimated departure 20:30 from EDI.

UPDATE 21:10 BST
Flight #AC843 is resuming the flight after earlier diversion to Edinburgh due to a medical emergency.

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