Two more planes narrowly escaped disaster after a Jeju Air plane crashed into a deadly fireball after failing to make a belly landing in South Korea on Saturday.
An Air Canada plane narrowly escaped an accident after landing at a Nova Scotia airport Saturday night, but a landing gear failure caused it to skid off the runway and catch fire.
The horrific incident occurred at 9:30 p.m., and Halifax Stanfield International Airport was closed for more than an hour and a half.
Previously, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines flight 1204 A flight from Oslo, Norway, to Amsterdam was forced to divert to Sandefjord, south of the Norwegian capital, after hearing loud noises on board shortly after takeoff. During an emergency landing, a Boeing 737-800 carrying 176 passengers skidded off the runway.
There were no injuries in either incident.
Early Saturday, Jeju Air Flight 2216 crashed at South Korea's Muan airport due to a bird strike, killing 179 people. The Boeing 737-800's landing gear malfunctioned, causing it to slide into a concrete fence and burst into flames.
Only two crew members were able to be rescued from the wreckage.
The Air Canada incident shocked passengers.
“The plane started sitting at about a 20-degree angle to the left. At that time, I heard a fairly loud noise, almost like a crash, as the plane's wings began to slide along the pavement. Probably the engine I think it was,” passenger Nikki Valentine said. he told the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
The de Havilland DHC-8-402 aircraft then slid a long distance down the runway while the pilot scrambled to regain control and stop the runaway turboprop, she said. .
“The plane was shaking quite a bit and we started seeing fire on the left side of the plane and smoke started coming in through the windows,” she said, adding that one of the tires on the plane's landing gear did not fully extend before landing.
Shocking footage taken by a passenger, posted on social media Flames were seen shooting from one of the engines as loud noises filled the cabin, and frightened passengers tried to comfort each other.
An Air Canada spokesperson confirmed the near-catastrophic disaster occurred after a “suspected landing issue” occurred as the plane touched down on Saturday.
According to CBC, a representative for Pal Airlines, which operated the flight, declined to comment.
Officials said there were no serious injuries to the 73 passengers or crew members.
According to Valentine, the shaking flyer jumped out of the plane in about two minutes.
“One side of the whole plane was on fire, so everyone was in a pretty big hurry to get off, but it was an organized rush,” she said.
According to CBS, Canadian federal authorities are investigating the incident, which resulted in some flights being diverted and others being cancelled.
As of Saturday night, the plane was still stuck on the runway where it crash-landed.
In the KLM Royal Dutch Airlines accident, the plane veered off the runway and came to rest in grass after the pilot lost control due to a hydraulic failure. According to Simple Flying.
“After touchdown, we lost control of the plane,” one of the pilots said over the radio. “It went off to the right and I couldn't stop it.”
The 24-year-old plane typically flies only short-haul routes, the paper said. Business has been suspended since the incident.
