Toronto-bound Air Canada flight requests emergency landing in Madrid, 3 Feb 2020

[dotr]

Toronto-bound Air Canada flight requests emergency landing in Madrid
''Spain's port operator AENA says that an Air Canada Boeing 767 aircraft is to make an emergency landing at the airport in Madrid Monday after reporting technical problems.

The Toronto-bound flight AC837 departed from the Adolfo Suarez-Barajas international airport earlier in the day.

An AENA spokeswoman said that the airline had requested a slot for an emergency landing some 30 minutes after the takeoff. The official, who was not authorized to be named in media reports, said the she couldn't elaborate.''

 

[dotr]

Stay safe all!
Toronto-bound Air Canada flight set to make emergency landing in Madrid
''The Toronto-bound flight AC837 departed from the Adolfo Suarez-Barajas international airport earlier in the day.

In a statement to CTV News Toronto, Air Canada said the plane experienced an engine issue shortly after take-off.

WATCH LIVE: Air Canada plane circles Madrid airspace after declaring emergency

"A tire also reportedly ruptured on take-off, one of 10 on this model of aircraft," Air Canada said on Monday.

"The aircraft opted to return to Madrid and is currently circling to use up fuel and lighten the aircraft for landing. The aircraft, a Boeing 767-300, is designed to operate on one engine and our pilots are fully trained for this eventuality."

Flight-tracking website Flightradar24 shows the aircraft, which took off at about 3 p.m. local time, circling the airspace above Madrid for more than two and a half hours.

Air Canada said there are 128 passengers on board.''

 

[Kaykedi]

Does anyone know if the aircraft has landed yet? TIA

 

[dotr]

Does anyone know if the aircraft has landed yet? TIA

Hope so, ETA- yes! rbbm

BREAKING: Air Canada plane makes emergency landing in Madrid following ruptured tire
''An Air Canada flight from Madrid to Toronto has made an emergency landing following a “technical issue.”

Air Canada AC837, a 767-300 bound for YYZ circled the Madrid airport “for more than 2 hours, burning fuel” before eventually landing again. The flight is said to have 130 people on board.

A spokesperson for the airport stated that the aircraft called air traffic control only 30 minutes after its takeoff, requesting an emergency landing.

The aircraft’s emergency landing came only hours after a drone sighting close to the Spanish airport disrupted flights.

Madrid’s emergency services tweeted that they were coordinating with the airport, going to say that troops in the surrounding area were deployed as a precaution.''

 

[Tbone144]

For a flight of that length I wonder how long they’ll have to circle to get the fuel level where they are safe to land? I can’t imagine being in the passenger’s shoes right now. Plenty of time to think about what’s happening. It has to be terrifying.

 

[dotr]

The updates are confusing, not too sure now if they have landed or not.
Toronto-bound Air Canada flight to make emergency landing in Madrid after ‘technical issue’
February 3, 2020 12:54 pm
"This is a developing story. More to come.''
“Everything is under control,” he said. “The cabin is very calm, everyone expects this to be an uneventful landing.”

Fioravantti, who works as a senior software engineer on geo-spatial products at Bloomberg LP, said the landing was a “standard manoeuvre,” adding that pilots are “very trained” for these situations.

“No reason to panic at all,” he said.
The incident occurred just hours after a drone sighting near the takeoff area caused a brief disruption at the airport, with 26 flights diverted away from Barajas.''

 

[Tbone144]

The updates are confusing, not too sure now if they have landed or not.
Toronto-bound Air Canada flight to make emergency landing in Madrid after ‘technical issue’
February 3, 2020 12:54 pm
"This is a developing story. More to come.''
“Everything is under control,” he said. “The cabin is very calm, everyone expects this to be an uneventful landing.”

Fioravantti, who works as a senior software engineer on geo-spatial products at Bloomberg LP, said the landing was a “standard manoeuvre,” adding that pilots are “very trained” for these situations.

“No reason to panic at all,” he said.

People gather to watch the emergency landing of an Air Canada aircraft at Madrid’s Barajas Airport, in Madrid, Spain Feb. 3, 2020. Susana Vera / REUTERS
The incident occurred just hours after a drone sighting near the takeoff area caused a brief disruption at the airport, with 26 flights diverted away from Barajas.

I was thinking the same thing, is it still circling or did it land? I flipped to the live feed on “u”tube and saw a plane land but they only showed it coming in and then cut away as the nose was coming down. Not even sure if that’s the correct plane although the feed seems to be down now but it could be my phone.

 

[Kaykedi]

Fantastic news everyone, the aircraft has landed safely

 

[dotr]

Fantastic news everyone, the aircraft has landed safely

Thanks, great news!
Toronto-bound Air Canada flight makes successful emergency landing in Madrid
''An Air Canada Boeing 767 aircraft returned to Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas airport for an emergency landing on Monday after a part of the plane’s landing gear fell into one of its engines.

Video footage of the emergency landing showed the plane safely touching down on the airport’s runway just before 1 p.m. ET.''

 

[LadyL]

thank goodness
scary experience for everyone