........On Friday, he said, "there were indications of a No. 1 engine malfunction during its takeoff role on the tarmac. Once that happened, the pilot notified the tower of the malfunction and taxied back to the gate."
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He said the pilot would not have been able to see whether there was debris on the runway because the Boeing MD-83 is a rear-engine aircraft.
Mr. Garneau said air-traffic controllers will shut down a runway if they notice debris, but he added that the tower is 2.4 kilometres from the runway and that controllers did not notice anything unusual after the aborted Jetsgo flight.
Transportation Safety Board spokesman John Cottreau said federal investigators are assessing the Jetsgo case to determine whether it warrants a deeper probe.
Boy, what the press will do to develop a story.
It's not the pilots job to assess what he may have left on a runway. The pilot fulfills his resonsibilitie when he aviates, navigates and finally communicates. he seems to have performed all these functions.
It's the towers job to notify the airport authorities of the communications, and the airports job to check the runway accordingly. I sure hope that airport managers don't cop out on their responsibilities and end up with another serious accident like the Concorde.