Vancouver-bound Air Canada flight lands in Toronto

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Published Saturday, January 30, 2016
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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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