When sparks started to fly as a plane landed at Halifax Stanfield International Airport, passenger Aden O’Callaghan whipped out his phone to capture the moment.
Passengers say plane filled with smoke after fiery landing in Halifax
We started seeing fire on the left side of the plane and smoke started coming in the windows, says passenger
The Halifax airport was closed for about 90 minutes Saturday night after a plane arriving from St. John’s experienced a problem landing, which saw the plane skid down the runway and part of it catch fire.
Passenger Nikki Valentine, who spoke with CBC News from a hangar where many of those aboard the flight were taken, said there appeared to be a problem with one of the plane’s tires upon landing.
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,” she said.
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