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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
I wish I could find it, there was an interview on CTV news this morning with an aviation consultant, and he theorized that the turn to starboard was a normal flight path to orientate the plane to its destination. He also questioned the turn as back to the airport as it wouldn't make sense because it wouldn't put the plane on a clear landing path.
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It's likely a common departure turn, especially when you compare it to the map of the other departures that morning, which it matches. On climb out, a turn to the airport wouldn't be decided that quickly (focus is on flying the plane and if going down, find a field) Rarely is a 180 turn recommended at low altitude. As well, if it was decided, it would not be a slight turn then proceed to go straight again as shown in the tracking.
I don't see any indication that there was a problem during ADS-B tracking.
Edit: Possibly the Parot departure, page 16 in this document.
https://vau.aero/navdb/chart/OIIE.pdf