Air Canada flight makes emergency landing at Pearson due to electrical fire

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Posted July 4, 2017 9:44 pm.

Last Updated January 31, 2019 6:53 pm.

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An Air Canada flight from Toronto to Vancouver made an emergency landing at Pearson Airport due to an electrical fire Tuesday night.

Flight 185 turned back to Toronto and landed before 7:45 p.m.

Peel police said a small electrical fire was to blame and emergency crews responded to the scene.

No one was injured.

All passengers on the plane were reportedly transferred to another flight which was set to take off at 9:30 p.m.

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