An Air Canada plane, Flight 624, skid off the runway at Halifax Airport in Nova Scotia, Canada, according to the airliner.
Confirms AC624, YYZ-YHZ exited runway upon landing at Halifax. All passengers have deplaned, going to terminal. More updates to come.
— Air Canada (@AirCanada) March 29, 2015
#AC624 passengers going 2 airport fire hall as they have power. No serious injuries #HFXStanfield @HaliBreaking Plane lost a wing
— CherryBerry Halifax (@CherryBerryHFX) March 29, 2015
Reports started coming in at around 1 a.m. midnight local on Sunday, according to the Chronicle Herald. The plane was evacuated after the skid.
There were reports of injuries–but they were not major.
#AC624 #HFXStanfield 20 policeCars Fire trucks Shuttle on scene. Everyone fine, some injuries, none serious as per AC pic.twitter.com/FyIjVBRYXw
— CherryBerry Halifax (@CherryBerryHFX) March 29, 2015
Reports right now from @HfxStanfield are that there are no major injuries, more details to come
— The Chronicle Herald (@chronicleherald) March 29, 2015
“An aircraft made a poor landing,” said airport spokesman Peter Spurway. He currently has no more information but is headed to scene.
— clare mellor (@CH_cmellor) March 29, 2015
A plane has crashed at Halifax International Airport , a spokesman for the airport has confirmed.
— clare mellor (@CH_cmellor) March 29, 2015
Flight #AC624 Toronto-Halifax ‘exited runway upon landing’ says @AirCanada. All passengers deplaned, going to terminal. More to come.
— CBC News Alerts (@CBCAlerts) March 29, 2015
Air Canada’s website says flight 624 left from Toronto this evening. @nspowerinc reporting outage at @HfxStanfield @CTVAtlantic
— Suzette Belliveau (@SBelliveauCTV) March 29, 2015
