An incident involving an Air Canada aircraft caused a Canadian airport to temporarily shut down on Saturday night.
Halifax Stanfield International Airport shut down after an Air Canada flight from St. John’s caught on fire on the runway due to a “suspected landing gear issue.”
“Watch as Air Canada Flight 2259 made a dramatic landing at the Halifax Stanfield International Airport in Nova Scotia, Canada, Saturday night, after a broken landing gear caused the wing to scrape the runway, igniting a fire. The Halifax airport temporarily closed following the incident, which occurred as the plane arrived from St. John’s. The aircraft skidded down the runway, and part of it caught fire,” Rawsalerts wrote.
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