Air Canada flight makes emergency landing at YVR Airport

An Air Canada flight made an emergency landing at Vancouver International Airport (YVR) on Wednesday night.

A spokesperson from the airport said that Flight AC 7, a Boeing 777, departed YVR Wednesday afternoon for Hong Kong but safely turned around to land back at YVR at around 7:30 p.m.

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In a statement from Air Canada, the airline said the flight was forced to turn back due to a hydraulic indication. The flight landed normally.

“As per standard operating procedures and as a precautionary measure, the crew requested airport services presence. Passengers re-departed a few hours later on another aircraft.”