Canadian investigators are probing the baggage-loading condition of a Boeing 737 Max 8 after an incident involving premature pitch-up during take-off. The Air Canada aircraft was departing Vancouver for Edmonton on 19 December. It was accelerating for take-off when the nose “rose unexpectedly”, according to Transportation Safety Board of Canada. “The [pilots were] able to hold it down and continued the take-off,” the authority adds. Flight AC234 then proceeded to Edmonton and landed safely. Subsequent inspection of the baggage hold found that 89 items of luggage had been placed in the aft hold, in contrast to the final loading documentation which showed them being in the forward hold. “The company is conducting an investigation,” says the safety board. None of the 160 passengers and six crew members was injured.<br/>
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A Canadian court has authorised the seizure of assets belonging to the Airport Authority of India and Air India held with the IATA in the Quebec province and internationally, in a key victory for the shareholders of satellite maker Devas Multimedia in its decade-long legal battle with India. Two separate orders passed by the Superior Court of Quebec on November 24 and December 21 show that assets of the Indian airport operator worth around $6.8m held by the IATA have been seized. The value of the confiscated Air India assets wasn’t immediately available, but representatives of the shareholders said they have seized more than $30m in India-owned assets to date under the orders of the Canadian court. “Our action in Canada has resulted in millions of dollars garnished by Devas shareholders and represents the first fruits of a globally focused effort to be paid,” said Matthew D McGill, partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, and the lead counsel for several of the shareholders. “Our enforcement in Canada reaffirms the fundamental legal principle accepted around the world that deadbeat debtors must pay what they owe,” McGill said Monday.<br/>