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Dw747400 From United States of America, joined Aug 2001, 1244 posts, RR: 1
Posted (4 years 7 months 1 week 23 hours ago) and read 17031 times:

This just popped up...

NAV CANADA ADVZY 005 NOC NAV CANADA ON BEHALF OF AIR CANADA
OPERATIONS
DUE TO A MAJOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS FAILURE,
AIR CANADA REQUESTS THAT ALL THEIR FLIGHTS BE GROUND STOPPED.
UPDATE EXPECTED BY 1515Z.

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Burnsie28 From United States of America, joined Aug 2004, 7411 posts, RR: 9
Reply 1, posted (4 years 7 months 1 week 23 hours ago) and read 16957 times:

I dunno, I was looking at AC's website, they had a plane leave YWG an hour ago its supposed to land in Toronto at 12:25 (Scheduled) but not expected until 13:30.

However, their 10:40 am YWG-YYZ is showing "on-time"

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EMBQA From United States of America, joined Oct 2003, 9287 posts, RR: 13
Reply 2, posted (4 years 7 months 1 week 23 hours ago) and read 16957 times:

Quoting Dw747400 (Thread starter):
AIR CANADA REQUESTS THAT ALL THEIR FLIGHTS BE GROUND STOPPED

They are REQUESTING...... It's just a ground stop. Nothing to get worked up about. Once they get their computers up and running it will be lifted.

"It's not the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog"

Dw747400 From United States of America, joined Aug 2001, 1244 posts, RR: 1
Reply 3, posted (4 years 7 months 1 week 23 hours ago) and read 16750 times:

NAV CANADA ADVZY 006 NOC NAV CANADA ON BEHALF OF AIR CANADA
OPERATIONS
THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS FAILURE AT AIR CANADA OPERATIONS
HAS BEEN RESOLVED, ALL FLIGHTS MAY RETURN TO NORMAL OPERATIONS.

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LongHauler From Canada, joined Mar 2004, 4281 posts, RR: 36
Reply 4, posted (4 years 7 months 1 week 23 hours ago) and read 16708 times:

I just checked on the "aircraft movement" screen of the whole fleet ... doesn't seem to have affected much.

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NWDLstepson From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 5, posted (4 years 7 months 1 week 22 hours ago) and read 16555 times:

Quoting Burnsie28 (Reply 1):

Hey Burnsie I just left the YWG terminal not 30 minutes ago and the area infront of the AC check in was wall to wall bodies and luggage, the Domestic security check point queue was longer than I've ever seen in all my time at YWG. Agents in the crowd trying to direct and organize....I thought "Wow AC is busy this morning!"

Dw747400 From United States of America, joined Aug 2001, 1244 posts, RR: 1
Reply 6, posted (4 years 7 months 1 week 22 hours ago) and read 16371 times:

Quoting EMBQA (Reply 2):
They are REQUESTING...... It's just a ground stop. Nothing to get worked up about.

I'm sorry if you feel the title was too dramatic... I'm certainly familiar with what a ground stop is.

I just haven't seen something quite like this for some time, and figured many members would be interested in it. It sounds like things got up and running again without too much trouble--will be interesting to see if there are any other issues as the day goes on.

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Pnwtraveler From Canada, joined Jun 2007, 2046 posts, RR: 12
Reply 7, posted (4 years 7 months 1 week 20 hours ago) and read 15817 times:

There were two hour plus delays as a result of this. It has been identified as a Bell Canada problem which effected the system. One guy on 680News has just said he has to wait until 8:30 tonight to get a flight from YYZ to YVR. AC has promised everyone will get to their destination today.

WildcatYXU From Canada, joined May 2006, 2435 posts, RR: 5
Reply 8, posted (4 years 7 months 1 week 16 hours ago) and read 12387 times:

I'm traveling right now (well, actually sitting in the ML lounge at YYC). I had no problems until now, they checked us in manually in YXU (for the YXU-YYZ flight only). Our flight left YXU few minutes late, but arrived early. At YYZ it took five minutes to check in for the rest of my trip. We were some 7 minutes late from the gate, because there were some people who had boarding passes but there were no seats open for them. We arrived to YYC on time again. So for me, no problems so far.

Virgin747 From Canada, joined Oct 1999, 309 posts, RR: 0
Reply 9, posted (4 years 7 months 1 week 13 hours ago) and read 10206 times:

As per the Air Canada website:

Daily Flight Schedule Operational Outlook
If you are affected by flight disruptions and wish to change your travel plans you may
change your flight online or call Air Canada Reservations.

October 20, 2008

Air Canada's operation was impacted by technical problems for a period of two hours earlier today causing a number of flight delays. All systems have returned to normal but some flights departing later in the day could be delayed due to late arrival of aircraft.

BAalltheway From Canada, joined Jan 2007, 89 posts, RR: 0
Reply 10, posted (4 years 7 months 1 week 13 hours ago) and read 9803 times:

Quoting LongHauler (Reply 4):
I just checked on the "aircraft movement" screen of the whole fleet

Please, tell me how you are able to do this.

Jokestar From Australia, joined Apr 2008, 123 posts, RR: 0
Reply 11, posted (4 years 7 months 1 week 8 hours ago) and read 6755 times:

Yeh i'm not sure about everything stopping because the daily 772LR left on time today from here in Sydney dct to Vancouver but hmm sounds interesting! That was at 11am local time.

Jokestar From Australia, joined Apr 2008, 123 posts, RR: 0
Reply 12, posted (4 years 7 months 1 week 6 hours ago) and read 5982 times:

On second inspection, however, it arrived in Sydney an hour late. Pretty impressive to turn that aircraft around in just an hour.

LongHauler From Canada, joined Mar 2004, 4281 posts, RR: 36
Reply 13, posted (4 years 7 months 1 week 1 hour ago) and read 3123 times:

Quoting BAalltheway (Reply 10):
Please, tell me how you are able to do this.

It is on an internal website/intranet for Air Canada employees.

Never gonna grow up, never gonna slow down .... Barefoot Blue Jean Night

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