Air Canada flight catches fire after hard landing in Halifax
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A portion of an Air Canada flight 2259 plane caught fire on
the runway at Halifax Airport after landing issues, CBC
News reported on Dec. 29.
One passenger said one of the plane’s landing gear failed to
deploy properly during landing, causing the aircraft to tilt to the left.
“We heard a loud noise, similar to a thud, when the plane’s
wing began skidding along the tarmac, along with what I assume was the engine,”
she said.
The plane was then jolted violently. “We saw a fire on the
left side of the plane, and smoke started coming from the windows,” CBC News
quoted the passenger.
The incident occurred around 9:30 p.m. Eastern Time (4:30
a.m. Dec. 29 Kyiv time) on Air Canada flight 2259, operated by PAL Airlines.
The aircraft had approximately 80 passengers on board, and there were no
reported injuries. The evacuation took only a few minutes.
“One side of the plane was engulfed in flames, so everyone
hurried to exit, but it was an organized rush,” said another passenger.
On Dec. 25, an Azerbaijan Airlines plane flying from Baku to Grozny crashed in Aktau, Kazakhstan. The plane, carrying 67 people, including
crew members, crashed, killing 38 people.
On Dec. 26, Euronews reported, citing Azerbaijani government
sources, that the crash was caused by a Russian missile, according to
preliminary investigations.
On Dec. 29, a passenger plane crashed in South Korea. The
flight had 175 passengers and six crew members. The preliminary cause of the
crash was a landing gear failure due to a bird strike. Smoke was seen coming
from the right engine of the Boeing just minutes before the crash. According to
the latest reports, 179 people may have died.
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