In Canada, a plane skidded off the runway and caught fire

“The plane started to sit tilted to the left at an angle of 20 degrees. When it landed, we heard a fairly loud sound that sounded almost like an impact, as the wing of the plane began to slide along the surface along with what I assume was the engine,” one of the passengers, Nikki Valentine, told Canadian television.

According to the passenger, the plane did not sit properly on the runway because one of the wheels of the landing gear came out badly before landing. The plane subsequently “slid” along the runway for a long time and covered a “decent distance” on the surface, while the pilots tried to stop it. “The plane shook and we started to see fire on the left side of the plane and smoke started pouring out the windows,” she added.

Valentineová further stated that there were about 80 passengers on board sitting in twenty rows of four. According to her, it was almost full and it took two minutes to get everyone off the plane. She added that none of the passengers “apparently” suffered life-threatening injuries. But they were shaken, they could also have inhaled the smoke.

“One side of the whole plane was on fire, so everyone was rushing to get out. But it was organized,” she concluded her statement.

The airport was closed after the accident. Later, however, one runway was reopened, CBC reported.

To the hard landing of flight ACA2259, which flew from the Canadian city of St. John’s to Halifax, it happened just two hours after the undercarriage of the Jeju Air plane did not open during landing in South Korea, which subsequently crashed into a wall. There were 181 people on board, including six crew members. At least 176 people died on the spot, two crew members survived. Firefighters expect the number of victims to rise to 179.

In addition, the plane of the Dutch company KLM, which was heading from Oslo to Amsterdam, also made an emergency landing on Saturday.

Due to problems with the hydraulics, it had to make an emergency landing at the airport in Torp, south of Oslo. There were 182 people on board the Boeing 737, no one was hurt, writes the Norwegian newspaper Romsdals Budstikke.