Twenty-three people were injured after the plane struck a runway antenna, forcing a crash landing.
Mirror.co.uk
These shocking photos show the destruction of the Air Canada jet which struck an antenna and crash landed, leaving 23 people injured.
The plane had to take a “hard landing” at Halifax airport on Sunday, coming days after 150 died last week when murder-suicide co-pilot Andreas Lubitz deliberately crashed a Germanwings plane into the French Alps.
The Air Canada plane, flying from Toronto, slipped off the runway when landing at Halifax, with the nose of flight AC624 being cut off in the choas.
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Of the 23 passengers taken to hospital after the incident, only one had to stay overnight.
Transportation Safety Board investigator Mike Cunningham confirmed that the plane had struck an antenna 350 meters before the start of the runway, causing “significant damages to the aircraft”, including leaving one engine badly damaged.
There were 138 people, including flight crew and passengers, on boars at the time. Halifax airport spokesman Peter Spurway could not confirm whether or not a power cut at the airport was connected to the “hard landing”.
He said: “We did lose power, we’re not sure if the two incidents are connected.
“They may be but we’re not sure.” Klaus Goersch, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Air Canada, said: “We at Air Canada are greatly relieved that no one was critically injured.
“Yet we fully appreciate this has been a very unsettling experience for our customers and their families, as well as our employees, and we are focused on caring for all those affected.”