Halifax/CMEDIA: Investigation reportedly of an aircraft incident at the Halifax Stanfield International Airport by The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TDSB) that caused temporary delays to all flight operations Saturday night are ongoing.
Approximately 9:30 p.m Saturday an Air Canada Express flight operated by PAL Airlines arriving from St. John’s, N.L., experienced an incident upon arrival, Airport spokesperson Tiffany Chase said in a statement.
“Both of our runways were actually shut down while the incident was being responded to and that’s very typical practice,” said Chase in an interview “Within the next 90 minutes or so we were able to reopen the other runway to ensure that flight operations could continue.”
“Right now, the aircraft remains on that closed runway pending the transportation, safety boards, sending personnel here to conduct their own investigation,” added chase.
The plane carrying 73 passengers experienced a “suspected landing gear issue” after arrival and was unable to reach the terminal, and passengers were off-loaded by bus, according to a statement from Air Canada spokesperson Peter Fitzpatrick.
A Nova Scotia RCMP spokesperson reportedly said on Saturday that some minor injuries were reported but clarified Sunday that in fact no one was injured.
The Halifax airport was closed for about 90 minutes Saturday night after a plane arriving from St. John’s experienced a problem landing, which saw the plane skid down the runway and part of it catch fire.
The aircraft is still on the closed runway.
