investigation report<\/a> into the 2021 incident on July 5, 2024. It involved a Mitsubishi CL-600-2D24 (Regional Jet Series 900) aircraft taking off from San Diego International Airport and bound for Vancouver International Airport on the evening of Nov. 29, 2021.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\nInvestigators found the aircraft took off to the left of the centreline on the runway at San Diego International Airport, and the left main landing gear wheels contacted three runway edge lights, damaging the aircraft\u2019s tires and flaps before the trajectory was corrected toward the runway centreline. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe contact went unnoticed by the flight crew as they perceived the sounds and vibrations as normal contact with the embedded runway centreline lights,\u201d the TSB said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shortly after this, the flight crew detected a fuel imbalance as the aircraft climbed to cruising altitude, and were unable to correct the imbalance, the TSB found. Pilots shut down the right engine, declared an emergency and diverted to LAX, where the aircraft landed safely. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The aircraft carried four crew members and 69 passengers, with no injuries reported. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Investigators determined the misaligned takeoff and the fuel imbalance were unrelated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe degraded visual conditions at night meant there were limited visual cues available to the flight crew to identify and verify the aircraft\u2019s position on the runway,\u201d the TSB said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The captain taxied the aircraft off the taxiway centreline, \u201cin order to increase the runway distance available for takeoff,\u201d the investigation found. As the aircraft turned back to align with the centre of the runway, the flight crew mistook the left edge line as the runway centreline. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cRapid and continuous\u201d arrivals and departures at San Diego created the perception of time pressure for takeoff during the incident, the TSB found. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBecause the airport was not equipped with a foreign object debris detection system, debris from the aircraft\u2019s contact with the runway edge lights was not discovered until several hours after takeoff,\u201d the TSB said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cUndetected debris on runways poses a risk of causing damage to aircraft during critical phases of flight such as takeoff and landing.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Investigators found the fuel imbalance was likely caused when the flight crew inadvertently activated the wrong fuel panel as they completed take-off checklists. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAs a result, the fuel periodically transferred between the aircraft\u2019s wing tanks as it banked left or right,\u201d the TSB said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt was also determined that the guidance provided to flight crews by the operator and the manufacturer to address fuel imbalances was inconsistent and unclear, adding complexity to the situation.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jazz Aviation has since conducted a study of airports in its network, made changes to its airport charts, updated the aircraft operating manual, and issued a company memo informing flight crews of threats during departures from \u201crunway areas other than the threshold,\u201d the TSB said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The airline also put mitigation measures in place to minimize these threats, and revised its fuel imbalance procedures for the aircraft to contain clearer guidance for crews. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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