Just hours after the tragic plane crash in South Korea, news of another significant accident has come to the fore again. This tragic accident happened at Halifax Airport in Canada when the plane slipped off the runway. After this, suddenly, a part of the Air Canada plane caught fire.
Let us tell you that this morning itself, there was a plane crash in South Korea, in which 179 people have died so far.
The fire spread in a part of the plane.
The airport has been closed for some time. Air Canada flight 2259, operated by PAL Airline, was coming from St. John, Newfoundland. A fire broke out due to a malfunction in the landing g, spreadingread to a part of the plane.
According to reports, the accident happened when the plane came on the runway, and the tree did not open properly. This caused the plane’s balance to deteriorate, and a wing started rubbing against the tarmac, which caused the aircraft to catch fire.
Nikki Valentine, a passenger on the planet, told the local Canadian media that it tilted at an angle of about 20 degrees. A deafening sound came as soon as this happened as if the whole plane had crashed.
🚨 JUST IN: Air Canada flight lands in Halifax with a broken landing gear, resulting in the wing scraping the runway causing a fire
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) December 29, 2024
The airport is currently CLOSED.
This comes just hours after a Boeing 737 attempted a landing without warning extending its gear in South Korea,… pic.twitter.com/Givga3hDEn
According to Nikki, the plane tripped on the runway. The plane started shaking a lot, and we saw it on the plane’s left side. Smoketed coming out of the windows.
179 killed in South Korea plane crash
The plane was returning from Bangkok and had 181 people on board. At 9:07 am local time, while landing at Muan International Airport, the plane slipped off the runway and hit the fence due to a fault in the landing gear. One hundred seventy-nine people died in this accident, while only two people survived. According to the information, rescue workers have recovered 120 bodies so far.
