Canada Airport Closed After Plane Skids Down Runway, Catches Fire During Landing: Video

An Air Canada plane veered off the runway and caught fire during landing prompting temporary closure of the airport in Halifax.

A plane skidded off the runway in Canada and caught fire during landing.

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The Halifax airport in Canada was temporarily closed on Sunday after a plane veered off the runway and part of it caught fire. The plane was arriving from St John's and experienced a problem while landing reported CBC News. 

The Halifax airport in Canada was temporarily closed on Sunday after a plane veered off the runway and part of it caught fire. The plane was arriving from St John's and experienced a problem while landing reported CBC News. 

According to one of the passengers, Niiki Valentine, one of the plane's tyres did not deploy properly upon landing. 

The incident involved Air Canada 2259 which was operated by PAL Airlines, said the airport in a statement, adding that the incident took place at around 9:30 pm local time. 

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"The plane started to sit at about a 20-degree angle to the left and, as that happened, we heard a pretty loud — what almost sounded like a crash sound — as the wing of the plane started to skid along the pavement, along with what I presume was the engine," Valentine told CBC. 

The plane veered off the runway for a "decent" distance as the pilots tried to stop the plane, she said. "The plane shook quite a bit and we started seeing fire on the left side of the plane and smoke started coming in the windows," she said.

The airport did not specify the number of people onboard the plane, the report stated, adding they were evacuated and taken to a hangar to be checked out by paramedics.  

Valentine estimated the plane's capacity was about 80 passengers with about 20 rows of seats and a pair of seats on either side of the aisle. All the seats were mostly occupied and it took up to two minutes to get everyone off the plane. 

The passengers did not seem to suffer any life-threatening injuries but were shaken up, she added.