(Reuters) – Air Canada suffered a Boeing Co 737-8 Max en route from Arizona to Montreal with three board members of an engine case that caused the crew to take the plane to Tucson, Arizona, the Canadian airline said in a statement email Friday.
Shortly after take-off, the pilots received an “engine signal” and “decided to shut down one engine,” an Air Canada spokesman said.
“The plane then flew to Tucson, where it landed normally and stayed.” The incident happened on December 22nd.
The team received a low left engine irrigation pressure signal and announced a PAN PAN emergency before taking off, the Belgian aviation news website Aviation24.be reported.
“Modern aircraft are designed to operate with a single engine and our crews train for such work,” an Air Canada statement said.
In response to a Reuters request for comment, a Boeing spokesman referred Air Canada for information about the incident and did not comment further.
Boeing and operators are pushing for higher scrutiny as the MAX returns from a 20-month safety base, but safety experts say such tips are common and usually go unnoticed.
The MAX was set up after two crashes partially connected to faulty cockpit software. The engines were not connected.
The United States lifted a 20-month flight ban on the 737 MAX last month, with the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration releasing details of the software, system and training updates required by Boeing and terminate airlines before carrying passengers.
Reporting by Aishwarya Nair in Bengaluru; Additonal Recitation by Radhika Anilkumar and Nandakumar D; Edited by Sandra Maler and Diane Craft