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Two other aircraft narrowly avoided disaster after a A Jeju Airlines plane exploded in a deadly fireball during a failed belly landing In South Korea on Saturday.
An Air Canada plane narrowly escaped disaster Saturday night when it touched down at a Nova Scotia airport — but skidded off the runway and burst into flames after a landing gear malfunction.
The horrific incident occurred at 9:30 p.m. and closed Halifax Stanfield International Airport for more than an hour and a half.
previously, KLM Flight 1204 A plane arriving from Oslo, Norway, to Amsterdam was forced to divert to Sandefjord, south of the Norwegian capital, after hearing a loud noise on board shortly after take-off. During the emergency landing, the Boeing 737-800, which was carrying 176 passengers, skidded off the runway.
No one was injured in either incident.
Earlier Saturday, 179 people died after Jeju Airlines Flight 2216 crashed at Muan Airport in South Korea after bird strikes were reported. The landing gear of the Boeing 737-800 plane broke down, and the plane skidded, hit a concrete barrier and caught fire.
Only two survivors, crew members, were rescued from the wreckage.
The Air Canada incident left passengers in shock.
“The plane started to sit at about a 20-degree angle to the left, and when that happened, we heard a very loud sound — it sounded almost like a crash — as the wing of the plane started to slide along the pavement, along with what I assume was the engine,” passenger Nikki Valentine said. He told the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
The de Havilland DHC-8-402 then skidded down the runway for a distance while the pilots scrambled to regain control and stop the runaway turboprop engine, it said.
“The plane shook a little, and we started to see a fire on the left side of the plane and smoke started coming out of the windows,” she added, adding that one of the plane’s landing gear tires did not fully extend before landing.
Shocking video taken by a passenger Posted on social media It showed flames erupting from one of the engines as a loud screeching sound filled the cabin – and frightened passengers tried to calm each other down.
An Air Canada spokesperson confirmed that the near-catastrophic disaster occurred after the plane experienced a “suspected landing problem” while landing on Saturday.
A representative for PAL Airlines, which operated the flight, declined to comment, CBC said.
Authorities said none of the 73 passengers or crew were seriously injured.
The vibrating leaflets were launched from the plane in about two minutes, Valentine said.
“One side of the entire plane was on fire, so everyone was in a hurry to get off, but in an organized hurry,” she said.
CBS said that Canadian federal officials are investigating the incident, which led to the diversion of a number of flights and the cancellation of others.
As of Saturday evening, the plane was still on the runway where it crashed.
In the KLM incident, the plane veered off the runway and came to a halt on the grass after a hydraulic failure stripped the pilots of their control. According to simple aviation.
One of the pilots said on the flight radio: “After landing, we could not control the plane.” “It swerved to the right and we couldn't stop it.”
The outlet said that the 24-year-old plane usually only handles short flights. He has been suspended since the incident.
