The airplane that spewed metal debris in Mississauga on Monday before making an emergency landing at Pearson International Airport was involved in two other seemingly unrelated incidents over the last three years, according to Transport Canada reports.
Air Canada Flight 001 was headed for Japan when one of the plane's two engines shut down. Pieces of metal from inside the turbine came shooting out the back with several pieces falling on vehicles in the area of Kennedy and Derry Rds.
The Boeing 777 made an emergency landing at Pearson airport after being in the air for about 90 minutes.
Reports from Transport Canada's Civil Aviation Daily Occurrence Reporting System, known as CADORS, give details of the two other incidents involving the same plane.
After landing at Charles De Gaulle Airport in Paris on March 30, 2010, "smoke and flames were observed" coming out of the aircraft's auxiliary power unit, a small engine that powers aircraft systems on the ground.
The crew switched off the APU. Emergency crews attended and followed the aircraft to the gate. The report notes there was "no damage."
On June 9, 2009, the plane struck six geese as it landed at Vancouver International Airport on a flight from Hong Kong.
The damage, listed as "minor" on the report, included dents to the "fan nose cowl" and damage to four fan blades on its No. 2 engine.
"The aircraft will be out of service until the damage is fully determined and repaired," the report reads.
"I have not seen those reports," Air Canada spokesperson Peter Fitzpatrick said.
"While we do not know yet exactly what occurred Monday, it was clearly an engine malfunction. I do not see how that relates to those previous issues," Fitzpatrick said.
Officials from the Transportation Safety Board of Canada confirmed that pieces of metal from the turbine blades flew out the back of the engine.
Investigators are trying to determine why that happened.
The last major check of the Boeing aircraft, not including the engine, was performed in April by a company called Haico as part of its regular schedule, Fitzpatrick said.
The engines get their own regular maintenance "all the time and that's up to date," he added.
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