Subject: JGO174/04MARCH
We've all read about the Jetsgo MD-83 "landing" incident in Calgary last January 21st, but now we have a story that is much closer to home.
This past Friday, March 4th, (date is under dispute---one report says it happend on Saturday) Jetsgo flight 174 (C-GKLE) departed the gate at T3 and was airborne at 1517hrs for Vancouver. After taking off on RW23 he returned to the airport for a landing and was back on a gate by 1547hrs.
The pilot advised Apron upon arriving at the gate that there may be an oil leak. Then a couple of minutes later "maybe you should check for parts". The maintenance crews went out to the runway only to discover several pieces of debris from 1 inch to a foot long! Apparently the MD83 had blown an engine on takeoff and the pilot didn't bother to tell anyone. He climbed to 3 or 4 thousand feet and then asked ATC to return to the airport, but didn't bother to say why, or that he had shutdown an engine.
Therefore, there was no "1C" declared and no fire trucks standing by. In the meantime 5 or 6 other aircraft used that runway (do we remember the AF Concorde crash at Paris??). Only after a period of time did the full extent of this incident come to light. The aircraft was towed to a hangar for an engine change and meanwhile maintenance people were still in the process of cleaning the runway and cleaning up oil spills at various locations.
Transport Canada Airworthiness people have been advised and the CASB so stay tuned for further.