Incident: Canada B763 at Madrid on Feb 3rd 2020, engine shut down in flight, burst tyre on departure


An Air Canada Boeing 767-300, registration C-GHOZ performing flight AC-837 from Madrid,SP (Spain) to Toronto,ON (Canada) with 128 passengers on board, was departing Madrid's runway 36L when the left hand engine suffered a number of compressor stalls emitting bangs and streaks of flames. The crew shut the engine down, levelled off at 5000 feet initially, later entered a hold at 8000 feet to burn off fuel and had the landing gear inspected by fighter aircraft. The fighter aircraft confirmed one of the left main tyres was blown. The aircraft landed safely on Madrid's runway 32L about 4:10 hours after departure.

The airline already reported the aircraft experienced an engine issue shortly after takeoff, a tyre reportedly ruptured on takeoff. The crew decided to return to Madrid and is currently holding to burn off fuel. The aircraft is designed to operate on one engine. An emergency was declared.


Compressor stalls
https://i.imgur.com/XQAYi5G.jpg

Fighter aircraft inspecting the Boeing
https://i.imgur.com/qVql90Z.jpg

The engine damage:
https://i.imgur.com/zchRxoq.jpg

The tyre damage:
https://i.imgur.com/UQCuAuP.jpg