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A Toronto-bound Air Canada plane has made an emergency landing at Madrid’s international airport after pilots reported an engine problem and a tire rupture shortly after takeoff.

Flight-tracking website Flightradar24 showed the aircraft, which took off at about 3 p.m. local time, circling the airspace above Madrid for more than two-and-a-half hours as it lessened its fuel load.

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The Boeing 767 carrying 128 passengers had been circling southeast of Adolfo Suarez-Barajas Airport “to use up fuel and lighten the aircraft for landing,” the carrier said Monday morning.

The “engine issue” occurred shortly after take off, according to Air Canada. ”A tire also reportedly ruptured on take off, one of 10 on this model of aircraft,“ the carrier reported.

Ignacio Montesinos, a spokesman for Spain’s airport operator, says the pilot radioed the tower citing an “emergency.”

Madrid residents posted videos online showing a plane flying unusually low over the Spanish capital’s centre and suburbs, as it readied to eventually touch down safely.