Debris found at St. John's airport after plane takes off, catches fire on N.S. runway
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The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says it is investigating whether debris found on the runway of an airport in St. John's is connected to the plane that caught fire over the weekend after it landed on a Halifax runway.
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says it is investigating whether debris found on the runway of an airport in St. John's is connected to the plane that caught fire over the weekend after it landed on a Halifax runway.
An Air Canada Express flight operated by the regional carrier PAL Airlines, arriving from St. John's, N.L., experienced a rough landing at approximately 9:30 p.m. Saturday night at Halifax Stanfield International Airport.
A report by VOCM news organization said officials at St. John's International Airport noticed the debris on a runway Saturday night and closed the airstrip.
On Monday, Hugo Fontaine with the safety board said the agency "has been made aware of the debris found at St John's International Airport and we'll be examining it as part of our investigation. But we're not going to speculate to confirm whether or not it's related to the aircraft in question."
A request for comment with the St. John's airport was not immediately returned on Monday.
Meanwhile, the plane that caught fire upon landing in Halifax was removed Sunday night, and the runway reopened to air traffic Monday morning.
A passenger on the De Havilland DHC-8-402 aircraft described feeling a "massive rumble" upon touching down on Saturday and said sparks and flames were shooting out from under the wing of the plane.
