The control tower sounds the alarm after the 787 departs

An Air Canada Boeing 787-9 suffered two explosions during departure from London Heathrow Airport, according to a recently published report from Canada's Transportation Safety Board (TSB), which was seen by By Herald.

The plane, registered C-FGDZ, took off from the English airport on Sunday, January 8 this year at around 11:30 am en route to Mumbai. Air Canada combines flight AC856 daily from Toronto, Canada via Heathrow Airport to the city in India and vice versa. The report shows that 787 during Take off He suffered two flat tires. He. She Engine signal and crew alert system, a system that shows, among other things, whether the undercarriage is folded or open, informs pilots of this. In addition to their own observation, the control tower informed them that smoke was coming from the tires as they were leaving.

Pan pan signal

Shortly after departure, the pilots aborted the takeoff. At an altitude of 5,500 metres, the 787 ended up in parking mode. At the same time, the pilots issued a general signal. Pilots issue this call when a technical problem occurs on board the aircraft. The machine ran several times over the canal between Dover in England and Calais in France to unload the kerosene. The machine then lined up on runway 09L at the departure airport.

Damage to the wheel construction

Emergency services then rushed to the airport to wait and inspect the 787. Passengers were able to disembark safely after the plane reached the platform. The flight has been cancelled. The report showed that one of the broken tires caused damage to the wheel structure. Two tires were eventually replaced. One day later, the 787 returned to Montreal (Canada).