Air Canada plane touched down short of runway, lost landing gear
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Air Canada jet skids off runway, 25 injured
Air Canada jet skids off runway, 25 injured 02:28
Story highlights
- An investigator says the plane touched down 1,100 feet short of the runway
- Video appears to show plane with nicked wing and missing part of nose
- Twenty-five people taken to hospital for injuries that aren't life threatening, airline says
(CNN)An Air Canada jet touched down short of the runway at an airport in Halifax early Sunday, hitting an antenna, severing a power line and losing its landing gear before skidding to a stop.
The aircraft, an Airbus A320, touched down about 1,100 feet short of the runway, said Mike Cunningham, a regional manager of air investigations at the Transportation Safety Board of Canada. From there, it hit an antenna array that's part of the airport's landing system and severed a power line.
That caused "significant damage" to the plane and cut off power to Halifax Stanfield International Airport in Nova Scotia, he said.
The plane skidded for another 1,100 feet on its belly before coming to a stop.
Investigators haven't determined yet what caused the accident, Cunningham said.
The plane's so-called black boxes are on their way to engineers for analysis, he said, and dozens more investigators are set to arrive at the crash site Monday.
"Obviously it's too early to draw any conclusions. ... These things are always very complex. It takes quite a bit of time to get to the underlying factors."
Twenty-five people, including the two pilots, were treated for minor injuries at a hospital, said Klaus Goersch, Air Canada executive vice president and COO.
By Sunday afternoon, all but one passenger was released.
Goersch called the incident "very unsettling" and said that the company is cooperating with authorities in an investigation.
Questioned by reporters, Goersch said that the weather was safe enough for a plane to land.
He declined to speculate on a cause for the crash, saying investigators will make that determination.
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