Created Friday, Jan 8th 2021 19:07Z, last updated Saturday, Jan 9th 2021 05:30Z
A Jazz Canadair CRJ-705, registration C-FUJZ performing flight QK-8219/AC-8219 from Sydney,NS to Toronto,ON (Canada) with 29 passengers and 4 crew, was climbing out of Sydney's runway 06 when a lavatory smoke detector activated. The crew stopped the climb at about 5000 feet and set course to divert to Moncton,NB (Canada), located about 190nm west of Sydney, where the aircraft landed safely about 55 minutes after departure.
The remainder of the flight was cancelled, the passengers were rebooked onto the next flights from Moncton to Toronto.
The aircraft remained on the ground in Moncton for about 15 hours, then positioned to Toronto.
