Vancouver-bound Air Canada flight lands in Toronto

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Category: Canada News
Published Saturday, January 30, 2016
CTV News

An Air Canada flight travelling from the New York City area to Vancouver has been cancelled, after the plane landed in Toronto.

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Air Canada Flight 549 took off from Newark Liberty International Airport just before 6 p.m. ET and touched down in Toronto shortly before 8 p.m. ET.

The flight will not carry on to Vancouver, according to Air Canada’s website.

A Twitter posts from a passenger shows oxygen masks hanging from overhead compartments.

#AC549@aircanada that sucked. Lost pressure at 36k feet, rapid descend to 10k with masks on pic.twitter.com/188c9xYOGd

— Milun Tesovic (@miluntesovic) January 30, 2016

#AC549 want to note everyone seemed fine and the crew and captain did a great job

— Milun Tesovic (@miluntesovic) January 30, 2016

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