Canadian aircraft had landing brake collapse and Norwegian flight had hydraulic failure; there were no injuries in the incidents
Halifax International Airport, in the east of , was temporarily closed this Sunday (Dec 29, 2024) after an accident with a plane, which was operating on behalf of . The aircraft suffered a landing gear collapse, which caused it to skid on the runway.
The occurrence led the crew to declare Mayday, an aviation emergency code. There were 77 people on board. The crew and passengers suffered only minor injuries.
After the left main landing gear collapsed, the left wing dragged on the ground and sparks and fire were briefly visible, also mentioned by the tower, according to the . The plane, a Canadian-made De Havilland Dash 8, was evacuated after the incident.
🚨🇨🇦 BREAKING: AIR CANADA FLIGHT LANDS WITH BROKEN LANDING GEAR IN HALIFAX, MINOR INJURIES REPORTED
An Air Canada flight reportedly made an emergency landing at Halifax airport after its landing gear failed.
Despite the malfunction, only minor injuries were reported among…
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Another accident was also reported at Torp Sandefjord airport in Sandefjord, about 100 km from Oslo, the capital of . On Saturday (Dec 28), a Boeing 737-800 from the Dutch company bound for Amsterdam shortly after takeoff in Oslo and made an emergency landing at the airport.
The operation was carried out safely, but the plane lost control during the landing roll and skidded on the runway. There were 182 people on board, including crew and passengers. There were no injuries.
KLM flight , a Boeing 737-800, veered off the right side of runway 18 after landing at Oslo Torp Sandefjord Airport.
The flight had diverted there shortly after takeoff from Oslo Airport (OSL).— Aviation Safety Network (ASN) (@AviationSafety)
Both what happened in Canada and Norway happened after the incident in South Korea. According to the South Korean news agency, of the 181 passengers on the Jeju Air airline flight, 6 were crew members. Only two people survived. The survivors’ lives were not at risk and were taken to hospitals in the city of Mokpo. The flight was coming from Bangkok, the capital of .
The Jeju Air plane was the same model as the one involved in the KLM accident, a Boeing 737-800.
