What’s normally a three-hour routine flight out of Toronto turned into a nightmare for passengers after an Air Canada aircraft failed to land at its destination three times, forcing the flight crew to make a U-turn and fly all the way back to Pearson International Airport.
According to flight data tracking website, FlightAware, flight AC698 took off at approximately 9:45 p.m. on Monday.
The aircraft was headed for St. John’s, Newfoundland, and was due to arrive at roughly 2:20 a.m. local time.
However, upon its approach to St. John’s, flight tracker video shows the aircraft struggling to land. Unsuccessful the first time around, the aircraft loops back for a second aborted landing, and, finally, looping around for a third attempt at touching down.
2/6/24 | #NLwx | The crew on @AirCanada flight 698 did all they could to try and land early this morning in St. John’s, but the winds proved too high! They tried 3 times to land…
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