WestJet cancels 737 Max flight after warning light triggered

WestJet cancelled a flight with the Boeing 737 Max aircraft from Calgary to Toronto on Friday after a warning light went off in the cockpit. Lauren Stewart, a spokesperson for the Calgary-based airline, said Friday that WestJet flight WS658 returned to the gate after the aircraft’s “health monitoring system indicated a potential fault that needed to be verified and reset.” Flight WS658 had been scheduled to depart Calgary International Airport at 8 a.m. MT. “This process takes time and requires a subsequent engine run, which we do not perform with guests on board,” Stewart said in an email, adding that passengers on the flight were rebooked on a Boeing Dreamliner. An engine run is a standard routine checklist testing the operation of an aircraft’s engine systems. A spokesperson for Transport Canada said in a statement Friday that “this incident is not related to the previous grounding of the Boeing 737 Max aircraft.” Stewart said “the aircraft was cleared by maintenance this morning and will return to service on Sunday Jan. 24 as planned.” Friday’s flight was supposed to mark WestJet’s third commercial flight with the aircraft since Transport Canada re-certified the equipment.<br/>