TSB deploys to Kelowna, British Columbia, to investigate a WestJet Encore aircraft inflight engine fire

EDMONTON, AB, March 3, 2023 /CNW/ - The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) is deploying an investigator to Kelowna, British Columbia, to investigate an inflight engine fire that resulted in the diversion of a WestJet Encore De Havilland DHC-8-402 aircraft on 02 March 2023. The TSB will gather information and assess the occurrence.

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