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Incident: Swiss B777 near Iqaluit on Feb 1st 2017, engine automatically shut down in flight
A Swiss Global Airlines Boeing 777-300, registration HB-JND performing flight LX-40 from Zurich (Switzerland) to Los Angeles,CA (USA), was enroute at FL320 about 290nm north of Iqaluit,NU (Canada), when the left hand engine (GE90) showed a fault and shut down automatically (avherald.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Based on the prices I experienced it was probably a 15c (Canadian) tour!.
This was formerly named Frobisher Bay. Not a great tourism spot in February, but at least their mosquitoes which are the size of B-29's are not out. I was there at the end of an August and donated a pint of blood to the beasts.
Landed there twice recently ferrying a Cessna Caravan from Africa to Florida. Big long runway Airbus did cold weather testing here with their A380. Not much else!
From Wilson Field? That would be a long trip.
A couple of other stops along the way, and from Brazzaville not Nairobi!. We took the scenic route
In my early days as a navigator on KC-97's we went there frequently for two weeks at a time, from '60 - '62. It is not hospitable at all in the winter without substantial warm clothing. I concur about the mosquitoes in August.
Best post in eons !
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/swiss-air-emergency-landing-iqaluit-1.3962634