An Air Canada flight was evacuated using emergency slides Sunday after worries of an electrical fire forced the aircraft to return to Denver, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
The flight, an Airbus A220 headed to Toronto Pearson International Airport in Canada, returned to Denver International Airport shortly after 8:15 a.m. Sunday, according to a statement from the FAA.
left its gate at DIA at roughly 7:40 a.m. Sunday, according to flight tracking software . It landed back at the airport 37 minutes later.
The flight returned to Denver after the crew reported an “acrid smell” in the galley area, said Peter Fitzpatrick, Air Canada’s director of media relations.
The plane’s 117 passengers and five crew members used the emergency slides to leave as a precaution, Fitzpatrick said in an email to The Denver Post. Passengers were then taken to the terminal by bus and “provided with alternate travel arrangements as soon as possible.”
One passenger sustained minor injuries during the evacuation process, Fitzpatrick said.
The plane was undamaged, and no fire was discovered on board — it was just a smell, Fitzpatrick said. It remains in Denver and will return to service after the emergency slides have been replaced.
The FAA is investigating the incident, federal officials said.
