Air Canada ‘abrupt’ landing
This March 29, 2015 handout photo provided by the Canada Transportation Safety Board shows a side view of damage to a Air Canada Airbus A-320 that skidded off the runway at Halifax International Airport in Halifax, Nova Scotia. An Air Canada jet came off the runway after landing at the Halifax airport in Nova Scotia on March 29, sending at least 23 people to hospital, officials said. The airline said earlier on Twitter that flight AC624 from Toronto “exited runway upon landing at Halifax.” It did not say what caused the Airbus A320 to leave the runway after landing at Stanfield International Airport around 12:43 am. (-- / AFP/Getty Images)
Chicago Tribune
An Air Canada plane made an “abrupt” landing and skidded off the runway at the Halifax airport in bad weather, and officials said Sunday 23 people were taken to a hospital for observation and treatment of minor injuries.
This March 29, 2015 handout photo provided by the Canada Transportation Safety Board shows damage to a Air Canada Airbus A-320 that skidded off the runway at Halifax International Airport in Halifax, Nova Scotia. An Air Canada jet came off the runway after landing at the Halifax airport in Nova Scotia on March 29, sending at least 23 people to hospital, officials said. The airline said earlier on Twitter that flight AC624 from Toronto “exited runway upon landing at Halifax.” It did not say what caused the Airbus A320 to leave the runway after landing at Stanfield International Airport around 12:43 am (0343 GMT) Sunday. (-- / AFP/Getty Images)
This March 29, 2015 handout photo provided by the Canada Transportation Safety Board shows damage to a Air Canada Airbus A-320 that skidded off the runway at Halifax International Airport in Halifax, Nova Scotia. An Air Canada jet came off the runway after landing at the Halifax airport in Nova Scotia on March 29, sending at least 23 people to hospital, officials said. The airline said earlier on Twitter that flight AC624 from Toronto “exited runway upon landing at Halifax.” It did not say what caused the Airbus A320 to leave the runway after landing at Stanfield International Airport around 12:43 am (0343 GMT) Sunday. (-- / AFP/Getty Images)
This March 29, 2015 handout photo provided by the Canada Transportation Safety Board shows wing damage on a Air Canada Airbus A-320 that skidded off the runway at Halifax International Airport in Halifax, Nova Scotia. An Air Canada jet came off the runway after landing at the Halifax airport in Nova Scotia on March 29, sending at least 23 people to hospital, officials said. The airline said earlier on Twitter that flight AC624 from Toronto “exited runway upon landing at Halifax.” It did not say what caused the Airbus A320 to leave the runway after landing at Stanfield International Airport around 12:43 am (0343 GMT) Sunday. (AFP/Getty Images)
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Passengers Randy Hall, left, and Lianne Clark, from Mount Uniacke, Canada stand waiting at an airport hotel after Air Canada flight 624 left the runway on landing at Stanfield International Airport in Halifax on Sunday, March. 29, 2015. Air Canada says at least 22 people were taken to hospital. The flight had 132 passengers and five crew members. (Andrew Vaughan / AP)
Fire trucks and an airport shuttle are on the scene at the Halifax International Airport early Sunday March 29, 2015 after an Air Canada flight from Toronto made an abrupt landing and left the runway in bad weather. The airline said early Sunday that at least 22 people were taken to a hospital for observation and treatment of minor injuries. (Mike Magnus / AP)
Air Canada flight 624 rests off the runway after landing at Stanfield International Airport in Halifax, Canada on Sunday, March. 29, 2015. (Andrew Vaughan / AP)
Air Canada flight 624 rests off the runway after landing at Stanfield International Airport in Halifax, Canada on Sunday, March. 29, 2015. (Andrew Vaughan / AP)