Canadian North - Incidents

Incidents

• On June 5, 2007, a Canadian North De Havilland Canada Dash 8, en route from Gjoa Haven to Cambridge Bay made an emergency landing at Yellowknife Airport after its nose gear failed to deploy on approach to Cambridge Bay Airport. The pilot made the decision to re-route to Yellowknife, as the airport was more equipped for emergency landings. The aircraft landed safely in Yellowknife on its main gear. There were no injuries.
• On May 22, 2008 a Canadian North Boeing 737-200 en route from Fort MacKay/Horizon Airport encountered a major vibration and subsequent failure of the right engine on final approach to Saskatoon. The failure occurred when the aircraft was 500 m (1,600 ft) above the ground and 1,700 m (5,600 ft) from runway 33 at Saskatoon John G. Diefenbaker International Airport. The aircraft had 102 passengers and 5 crew on board. There were no injuries. The aircraft was operating a charter service (Flight 1714) that was scheduled as Fort McKay/Horizon - Saskatoon - Montreal - Moncton.