An Air Canada Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft is being trawled in as another Air Canada Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft is seen on the ground at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Walk 13, 2019.
Chris Helgren | Reuters
A Montreal-bound Air Canada Boeing 737 Max ferry flight diverted in Arizona earlier this week due to an locomotive issue, the airline said Friday.
Pilots on Air Canada Flight 2358 received an engine alert shortly after takeoff from Marana, Arizona on Tuesday, the airline mean. The carrier had been storing 737 Max jets there after the planes were grounded worldwide in March 2019 after two pitiless crashes.
“As part of normal operating procedures in such situations, decided to shut down one engine” and diverted to Tucson, Air Canada express. The flight was carrying three crew members and no passengers. The plane remains in Tucson.
Boeing declined to comment and referred questions to the airline.
Belgian aviation locality Aviation24.be said the plane had a “hydraulic low pressure indication.” Air Canada didn’t immediately respond to further request for observation.
U.S. authorities lifted the ban on the planes last month after Boeing made changes to software that was implicated in both drives, and addressed other concerns. Canadian officials last week approved design changes to the planes.