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Jets
Autothrottles Remained Engaged
Boeing 737-700. No damage. No injuries.
The captain had received no appreciable sleep the night before he reported for duty at Calgary, Alberta, Canada, the morning of Jan. 9, 2012, for an unscheduled flight to pick up passengers in Edmonton, Alberta, and in Fort St. John, British Columbia, and to transport them to Fort Nelson, British Columbia, said the report by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada.
There were 112 passengers and six crewmembers aboard when the aircraft departed from Fort St. John for the last leg to Fort Nelson, which was reporting visual meteorological conditions with calm winds. The flight crew planned to condu…
