Air Canada flight skids and catches fire during landing at Halifax airport! Video

Air Canada flight skids and catches fire during landing at Halifax airport! Video

An Air Canada flight had a rough landing at Halifax airport on Saturday (28 Dec) when its landing gear malfunctioned, causing the aircraft to skid and catch fire. No casualties were reported.

Air Canada flight skids and catches fire during landing at Halifax airport | Video

Here’s what happened

The incident occurred around 9:30 pm AT and involved Air Canada Flight 2259, operated by PAL Airlines. Passengers were taken to a hangar for medical checks. The airport did not disclose the number of passengers on board, but one passenger estimated around 80 people were on the flight.

Emergency response

The plane’s wing scraped the runway, igniting flames that were quickly extinguished by emergency crews. All passengers and crew were safely evacuated.

Air Canada flight skids and catches fire during landing at Halifax airport | Video

Passenger recalls terrifying moments

“The plane started to sit at about a 20-degree angle to the left and, as that happened, we heard a pretty loud — what almost sounded like a crash sound — as the wing of the plane started to skid along the pavement, along with what I presume was the engine,” she told

The plane veered off the runway for a “decent” distance as the pilots tried to stop the plane, she said. “The plane shook quite a bit and we started seeing fire on the left side of the plane and smoke started coming in the windows,” she said.Reliance Foundation Announces 2024-25 Undergraduate Scholarship Results, Celebrating Shri Dhirubhai Ambani’s 92nd Birth Anniversary

Air Canada flight skids and catches fire during landing at Halifax airport | Video

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