An Air Canada flight turned around after just 37 minutes in the air over fears of an electrical fire on board.
Flight 1038 took off from Denver Airport at 7.40am on Sunday for a three-hour trip to Toronto when flight attendants were alerted to an ‘acrid smell’.
The odor raised concerns of an electrical fire in the galley area of the Airbus A220, which immediately returned to Denver and landed at 8.15am.
‘The aircraft landed safely, and the 117 passengers and five crew evacuated the aircraft using emergency slides as a precaution,’ the airline said after the incident.
‘Passengers were provided with alternate travel arrangements as soon as possible that same day.
‘The aircraft remains undamaged in Denver awaiting the replacement of the emergency slides before it returns to service.’
Air Canada said one passenger suffered a minor injury during the evacuation, which another passenger described online as a broken ankle.
‘Crazy morning, we were up in the air for about 20 minutes until the flight attendants and passengers in the back cabin started smelling smoke,’ the passenger wrote.
‘Plane had to emergency land back in Denver, and all of us evacuated via the slides.
‘Someone did break their ankle and was taken to the hospital by ambulance.’
The Federal Aviation Administration said it would investigate.