An Air Canada Boeing 737-8 MAX, registration C-FSDW performing flight AC-869 from London Heathrow,EN (UK) to Halifax,NS (Canada), was enroute at FL360 about 170nm west of Shannon (Ireland) when the crew requested to enter a hold before entering Oceanic Airspace. After ATC cleared the aircraft to hold position at present position, the crew requested vectors for the holding advising they were having problems with their Flight Managament Computers. The aircraft entered a hold for about 20 minutes on radar vectors, then the crew decided to return to Heathrow. The crew requested to descend to FL250 to burn off fuel, subsequently descended further and entered another holding south of London for about 30 minutes. The aircraft landed safely on Heathrow's runway 27R about 3.5 hours after departure.

The flight and onward flight AC-611 to Toronto,ON (Canada) were cancelled.

The aircraft is still on the ground in Heathrow about 6 hours after landing.


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