HALIFAX—An aircraft had to make an emergency landing in Halifax on Sunday after the pilot noticed smoke in the cockpit. Air Canada Flight 7775 departed from the Halifax Stanfield International Airport (HIAA) at 11:55 a.m. on Sunday heading to Fredericton. However, immediately upon departure, the pilot noticed smoke coming from the cockpit of the Beech 1900D aircraft. “They declared an emergency, and we provided emergency response as the airport authority,” Theresa Rath Spicer, airport authority spokesperson, said in an interview Sunday. As a result, Spicer said the aircraft returned to the Halifax airport and landed there at 12:07 p.m.

Source: thestar April 29, 2018 21:33 UTC