Twenty-five
people have been hospitalised after an Air Canada flight made a crash
landing at Halifax Stanfield International Airport earlier this morning.
It has been reported the Airbus A320 crashed into a power line on landing, and then skidded off the runway.
The
airline said a preliminary count showed Flight AC624 from Toronto had
132 passengers and five crew members, and had set out from Toronto
Pearson International Airport.
A passenger on the plane, Treasure Addison-Mills, speaking to NBC News said there were 'people with bloody faces', and that it 'took a long time being stranded on the runway with snow coming down.'
'We
are thankful no serious injuries have been reported,' Halifax Stanfield
International Airport tweeted. The airport said its airfield remained
closed.
Another
passenger on the flight Mike Magnus, a businessman, said the plane was
at the 'furthest tip of the airport' when it stopped. He says he heard
that the plane may have clipped a power line that caused the power
outage at the airport.
'It
was so chaotic at the time. I'm pretty sure the landing gear broke on
it. The engine on my side popped off,' the 60-year-old from Halifax.
Magnus
believes at least one engine was torn off the Airbus A320. He says the
nose of the plane was sheared off and he believes the wings were damaged
too.
He added that the snow that covered the runway likely deadened any sparks that may have caused a fire and engulfed the plane.
'The snow caused it and the snow saved it,' he said.
Thank God no lives were lost!
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Thank God no one died!
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