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An Air Canada Boeing 737-8 MAX plane flying between Arizona and Montreal with three crew members on board had an engine problem and was forced to land in Tucson, Agerpres reports.
Shortly after taking off from Marana, Arizona, on December 22, the pilots of the aircraft “received an engine indication and, according to standard operating procedure in such a situation, made the decision to shut down an engine,” he explained. Air Canada in an email.
“The aircraft headed to Tucson, where it landed normally and is still on the ground,” Air Canada said, without elaborating on the nature of the failure, which occurred during a “positioning flight” without passengers.
According to the Belgian website Aviation24.be, which disclosed the information, a drop in hydraulic pressure in the left engine was the cause of this incident.
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The Canadian government announced in mid-December that it had validated the changes to the Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, which had been stranded for 21 months after two accidents in which 346 people lost their lives.
The plane, bought by Air Canada, Westjet and Sunwing, has not yet been cleared to resume passenger flights in Canada.
In mid-November, the United States cleared the Boeing 737 MAX aircraft to fly again, but further changes will be required to the aircraft before they can be returned to service, according to the US Federal Aviation Authority. FAA).
Last week, the Brazilian company Gol became the first in the world to put the Boeing 737 MAX back into service on a smooth passenger flight between Sao Paulo and Porto Alegre.
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