(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 declared a PAN PAN emergency before taking off, the Belgian aviation news website Aviation24.be reported here.
Boeing did not immediately respond to Reuters’ request for comment Friday.
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; Edited by Sandra Maler