Air Canada flight 624 runway overrun at Halifax

[WR269 367]

Just read, Air Canada 624 overrun the runway and sufferec considerable damage at Halifax. Aircraft appears extensively damaged but thankfully no fatalities.

 

Weather in Halifax is horrendous at the moment, it looks like it landed in the middle of a blizzard.

[Matthew Kane 1,343]

This is being reported around the world, even headlines in New Zealand. Goes to show the world is a wee bit edgy about Aviation at the moment. No one seriously injured from the sounds of it which is good.

 

I read about the 13 year old boy on the flight and called his dad on the cell phone and he said 'we crashed we crashed, I'm standing on the runway' Must have given his dad the fright of his life. 

[BillW 210]

I'm sure there was a lot of relief when he said he was standing on the runway. Feeling an aircraft sliding on a runway is scary.

[t_a_h 0]

I guess there was a downward gust, pushing the bus down hard, so a normal flare could not be done. That can and already has happened in a real stormy weather. Every landing you can ealk away from, is a good one.

[Fatback 84]

I live in Halifax and used to be on that flight at least twice a week.

 

Air Canada called it a "hard landing".

[Jarkko 59]

A hard landing?

 

As far as the news go here in Europe, the aircraft hit power lines before landing and crashed.

 

The pictures show an aircraft missing it's landing gear and it's engines crushed flat between the ground and wing.

 

A hard landing indeed

[Matthew Kane 1,343]

A member of the RCAF described it as a 'Hard Landing' that led to a crash. I think that statement best describes it best

 

It does look like this well become a hull loss

[Jarkko 59]

"aircraft touched down short of and below the runway threshold, clipped a powerline and approach light about 250 meters short of the runway, climbed the embankment up to the runway level and came to a stop past the threshold of the runway near taxiway B about 300 meters down the runway"

 

http://avherald.com/h?article=483e7337&opt=0

[Pe11e 812]

Awful week for Airbus indeed.

[Matthew Kane 1,343]

"aircraft touched down short of and below the runway threshold, clipped a powerline and approach light about 250 meters short of the runway, climbed the embankment up to the runway level and came to a stop past the threshold of the runway near taxiway B about 300 meters down the runway"

 

http://avherald.com/h?article=483e7337&opt=0

 

 

From reading that I wouldn't call it a hard landing either considering it struck a powerline as well as other ground objects. When it hit the powerline it knocked out the power at the airport terminal at the same time.

[Jarkko 59]

Awful week for Airbus indeed.

Based solely on the news, it seems like a bad week for pilots. Two occasions where an aircraft was flown to the ground. This one though might be an accident (or at least partly due to weather).

[KevinAu 441]

The 0400z metar called the winds at 340/19G54. It looks like they were landing on 05 which gives them a crosswind well in excess of the A320's 38 kt limit. The metar also showed visibility of 3/4 mile. The minimums from an old plate for the LOC or NDB Rwy 05 is 1 mile.

[Matthew Kane 1,343]

Seeing how well this aircraft held up is testament to how well they build modern aircraft. A few of these recent events you see more people walking away with less injuries. This A320 smacked down hard and into a number of ground objects so it is amazing it wasn't far worse.

[n4gix 4,947]

That's definitely a hull loss. No amount of Bondo or duct tape will fix that! Yikes.

 

Talk about 'landing short'...

 

It most certainly wasn't an 'overrun' of course, since one must actually be on the runway first.

[Matthew Kane 1,343]

Another point I just brought up with some friends......This happened in the winter in what was the biggest snow in that region in the past 10 years. That aircraft coming down before the runway basically just became the worlds largest toboggan 138 people on board, the snow must of contributed in reducing the friction significantly. 

 

Had this happened in the middle of summer with no snow it could have been possible that flames may have broken out. I am curious how much the snow contributed to preventing a fire.