Plane removed from Halifax runway after fiery landing
CBC
An aircraft that has been sitting on a Halifax Stanfield International Airport runway after a fiery landing Saturday night has been removed, according to a statement from the airport authority.
Leah Batstone, an airport spokesperson, said the Transportation Safety Board (TSB) completed its review of Air Canada Flight 2259, operated by the Newfoundland-based PAL Airlines, and approved the removal of the aircraft on Sunday evening.
The runway where the plane was located reopened around 10:15 a.m. on Monday.
The entire airfield was closed for 90 minutes on Saturday following the landing, leading to four flights being diverted and a handful of cancellations and delays. Most airport operations returned to normal on Sunday.
A statement from the TSB said investigators were deployed "following an accident involving a de Havilland DHC-8-402 aircraft."
The flight from St. John's, N.L., experienced a suspected landing gear issue, according to a statement from Air Canada on Sunday. The airline said it could not return the belongings of the 73 passengers until the plane was released by the TSB.
Multiple passengers described sparks and then flames flying from the left side of the aircraft as it skidded down the runway around 9:30 p.m. Saturday. As it came to a halt, they said the cabin filled with smoke.
Passenger Aden O'Callaghan said he could hear the fear in flight attendants' voices as they directed passengers, some of whom were screaming and crying.
In an interview Sunday, he said it "took a shocking amount of time" to evacuate as some passengers attempted to gather their belongings.
"I started yelling. I was like everybody, like, 'F your belongings. Get the hell off, everybody needs to be safe,'" he said.
Passenger Steve Mahar said there was a drop of roughly 1.25 to 1.5 metres from the plane to the runway.
"In my head there was always an inflatable slide or something that comes down," Mahar said.
"That was not the case."
Nova Scotia RCMP said only minor injuries were reported.
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