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An Air Canada Boeing 737-8 MAX flying from Arizona to Montreal with three crew members on board experienced an engine problem that forced it to land in Tucson, the airline said yesterday.
Shortly after takeoff on December 22, the pilots “received an engine notification and, in accordance with standard operating procedure for such a situation, decided to shut down an engine,” Air Canada said in a statement written in French.
“The aircraft was diverted to Tucson, where it landed normally and remains,” Air Canada said, without specifying the nature of the malfunction, which occurred during a non-commercial “positioning flight.”
According to the Belgian specialist site Aviation24.be, which first reported the emergency landing, the malfunction was due to a drop in hydraulic pressure in the left engine.
The Canadian government announced in mid-December that it had approved Boeing’s design changes to the 737 MAX planes after two accidents that killed 346 people caused the plane to land.
But the aircraft, bought by Canadian airlines Air Canada, Westjet and Sunwing, has not yet been cleared for commercial flights in Canadian airspace.
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In mid-November, the United States cleared the MAX to fly again, but several modifications will need to be made to the aircraft before it can be returned to service, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
Two weeks ago, the Brazilian airline Gol became the first in the world to put the 737 MAX back into service.
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