Toronto: Authorities probe reports of debris falling from Air Canada Boeing 777

[marmar]

(CNN) -- Canadian authorities are investigating reports that debris fell Monday from a troubled airliner and calls saying that the debris fell in southern Ontario, damaging vehicles.

The incident centers around Air Canada 1 flight, which took off from Toronto at 2:10 p.m. ET, destined for Tokyo's Narita Airport, with 318 passengers and 16 crew members aboard.

One of the Boeing 777 aircraft's engines shut down after takeoff, prompting the flight crew to follow "standard procedure" and return to Toronto Pearson International Airport, said Air Canada spokesman Peter Fitzpatrick.

The crew requested an emergency landing, which Fitzpatrick said was standard because it gives certain planes first priority, though he also noted the aircraft involved is designed to run on a single engine if necessary. ................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/28/travel/canada-airplane-debris/

[kristopher]

1. You'd be amazed at how often this happens.

When in the Air Force I was in the command post, where we were responsible for tracking "dropped objects" and sending Dropped Object reports up the chain of command in case it resulted in damage. It was undooubtedly the most common incident report we handled.

Parts of aircraft fall off midair on a daily basis but reported damage is almost nil.

[Ikonoklast]

2. The flight safely landed with 312 passengers and 14 crew, what's the problem?

Oh.