Part of plane catches fire on Halifax runway after rough landing, temporarily closing airport

'We started seeing fire on the left side of the plane and smoke started coming in the windows,' says passenger

-- CBC News & Matt Wallace, --December 29, 2024

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The Halifax airport was temporarily closed 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 told CBC News that one of the plane's tires did not deploy properly upon landing. ---More...

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