Watch: Air Canada Boeing 767 aircraft lands safely after developing technical issue
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An Air Canada Boeing 767 aircraft with 128 passengers on board landed safely after it developed a technical issue in one of it engines.
The aircraft had departed from the Adolfo Suárez-Barajas international airport earlier in the day and was scheduled to land in Toronto at 3:40 p.m. local time.
Toronto Sun reports that the Toronto-bound Air Canada plane has made an emergency landing at Madrid’s international airport after pilots reported an engine problem and tire rupture shortly after takeoff.
The Boeing 767 carrying 128 passengers had been circling southeast of Adolfo Suarez-Barajas airport “to use up fuel and lighten the aircraft for landing,” the carrier said Monday morning.
The “engine issue” occurred shortly after take-off,“ according to Air Canada. ”A tire also reportedly ruptured on take-off, one of 10 on this model of aircraft.“
Ignacio Montesinos, a spokesman for Spain’s airport operator, said the pilot radioed the tower citing an “emergency.”
“Our pilots are fully trained for this eventuality,” Air Canada said in an email.“Nonetheless, an emergency was declared in order to obtain landing priority.”
Spain’s Defence Ministry said that an F18 fighter jet had been dispatched from a military airport near the Spanish capital to evaluate the damage done to the landing gear of Toronto-bound flight AC837.
