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Got to say that those Air Canada passengers were very lucky this morning
http://globalnews.ca/news/1909898/breaking-air-canada-plane-hard-landing-on-runway-at-halifax-airport/<snip>
HALIFAX – The chief operating officer of Air Canada says the weather was safe for landing when a plane flying into Halifax early Sunday morning had a hard landing and skidded off the runway, injuring 23 passengers.
Klaus Goersch confirmed at a brief press conference at the Halifax Stanfield International Airport on Sunday afternoon that the incident, which occurred during a snowstorm, could technically be described as a crash because the plane did not reach its gate. He said he had never heard of a similar accident occurring previously with Air Canada.
WATCH: Transportation Safety Board investigator Michael Cunningham answers questions about the AC flight 624 crash and states that the plane hard landed 1100 feet short of the runway
