Three aircraft were involved in plane crashes of varying severity on Saturday night and Sunday night in different parts of the world. All three aircraft were on commercial flights operated by three different airlines and only one of the crashes was fatal.
A Jeju Air plane crashed Sunday upon landing at Muan Airport in southwestern South Korea from Bangkok, Thailand. The plane carried 181 people: six crew members and 175 passengers, 173 of them South Koreans and two Thais.
It is speculated that the cause of the tragedy could have been the collision of the Boeing 737-800 with a bird, although authorities are still investigating. A video of the disaster shows how the plane slides down the runway without the landing gear deployed and ends up crashing into a fence after overcoming the end of the runway.
On Saturday night, Air Canada Flight 2259, operated by PAL Airlines, made a hard landing at Halifax Airport in the province of Nova Scotia, coming from St. John's, Newfoundland.
At the moment of touchdown the aircraft skidded on the runway and its left side burst into flames. “The plane started to bank about 20 degrees to the left and, when that happened, we heard a pretty loud noise - almost like a crash - as the wing started to slide down the pavement, along with what I guess was the engine,” said a passenger. Then, she said, fire was seen on the left side of the plane and “smoke started coming out of the windows”.
The passengers, whose number was not specified, were evacuated and taken to a hangar for medical evaluation. According to the passenger's estimate, about 80 people were on board and no one was apparently injured.
That same night, on the other side of the Atlantic, a KLM flight between Oslo and Amsterdam made an emergency landing at Torp Airport in Sandefjord, about 110 kilometers south of the Norwegian capital. The Boeing 737 carrying 176 passengers and six crew members ran off the runway after landing and came to rest in a grassy area.
The aircraft had to make an emergency landing due to a “hydraulic failure” shortly after takeoff. The incident left no injuries. Norwegian authorities have already launched an investigation into the incident.
Source: RT
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