Smell of Burning in Cabin During Air Canada Flight

An Air Canada flight departing from Toronto’s Pearson International Airport has returned.

An Air Canada spokesperson recently said, “We sensed the smell of burning wires inside the plane, which took off from Pearson Airport at around 6:00 pm on the 18th and headed to Montreal, so we made an emergency return.” According to Flightradar24, a route-tracking website, the aircraft passed Scarborough when it smelled of burning rubber and turned back to Pearson Airport.

One passenger said on the 18th, “I was aware of the return, but all the passengers responded calmly. However, I missed the flight I was going to board at Montreal Airport.”

An Air Canada official said, “The smell of overheating wires came from the power box near the airplane seat.”