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Originally Posted by T@T
if you can circle an airport for 2 hours you can go to a safer airport to land.
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Sounds like they were trying to abort and advised ATC they were aborting with the intention of diverting, then they went down. The winds at the time were gusting to ~60 kph from what I've read, so gusty but not unmanageable... that's a typical day at YYC. Severe ice or some other combination of factors is to blame, because that type of wind alone doesn't bring down a 738.