AC997 - Incident: Canada B38M near Boise on Apr 9th 2024

An Air Canada Boeing 737-8 MAX, registration C-FSIP performing flight AC-997 from Mexico City (Mexico) to Vancouver,BC (Canada) with 122 passengers and 6 crew, was enroute at FL380 about 120nm southwest of Boise,ID (USA) when the crew received a cargo smoke indication and decided to divert to Boise. The aircraft landed safely on Boise's runway 10R about 40 minutes later.

A replacement Boeing 737-8 MAX reached Vancouver with a delay of about 8 hours.

The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground in Boise for about 8 hours, then positioned to Vancouver and is still on the ground in Vancouver about 13 hours after landing there.

The airline reported a faulty sensor caused the diversion.