Federal Investigators Deployed to Probe WestJet Engine Fire at Vancouver Airport

WestJet aircraft air prepared for departure at the Vancouver International Airport, in Richmond, B.C., in a file photo. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck

VANCOUVER—Federal investigators have been deployed to Vancouver International Airport after a “small engine fire” onboard a WestJet flight from the United States.

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says it happened late Saturday as the plane arrived at the gate.