An Air Canada Boeing 737 Max 8 suffered an in-flight emergency, diverted its flight and safely landed in Idaho on Tuesday.
Air Canada flight AC997 from Mexico to Vancouver made an unscheduled landing at Boise Airport this morning, according to a post on the airport’s Facebook page.
In a statement to Daily Hive, the airline said the diversion was a “precautionary measure” taken after the pilot “received indicator lights on the flight deck.”
Air Canada said first responders responded after the plane landed and determined the problem was a “defective cargo hold indicator.”
Aviation tracking website Flight Aware showed the Boeing 737 Max arriving in Oregon on Tuesday morning before turning northeast toward Boise.
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There were 122 passengers and six crew members on board the plane. Air Canada confirmed that the plane will remain in Boise “at least overnight” and another plane will arrive this evening to pick up passengers and return to Vancouver.
Boeing has come under criticism following several recent incidents that raise serious safety concerns.
In January, an unused door plug on an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-9 exploded mid-flight, forcing the plane to make an emergency landing in Portland, Oregon.
Engine covers on a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-800 earlier this week. Fell during takeoff in Denver.
U.S. regulators have cracked down on the plane maker, limiting production of the 737 to 38 a month.
Boeing planes were also involved in two crashes in Indonesia in 2018 and Ethiopia in 2019, killing a total of 346 people on board.
A Boeing spokesperson told Daily Hive that it would not comment on the plane’s diversion on Tuesday, saying Air Canada is authorized to comment on the matter because it owns, operates and maintains the aircraft. Ta.
With files from Taylor Scollon of The Peak.
