Alarm From Cell Phone Prompted WestJet Dash 8 Aborted Takeoff

Overly cautious WestJet Encore pilots decided to abort the take-off of C-GENK, a de Havilland of Canada Dash 8-400, from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada to Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada on January 14. The decision to abort the take-off came not from the modern Dash 8-400 cockpit but from a cellphone.

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