Air Canada flight mechanically sound before crash landing : TSB
Posted Jun 16, 2015 11:01:07 AM.
Last Updated Jun 17, 2015 03:24:44 AM.
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The Transportation Safety Board says there were no mechanical deficiencies with the aircraft that crash landed at Stanfield International Airport.
Air Canada Flight 624 had 133 passengers and 5 crew on board and was flying from Toronto to Halifax when its engines severed a power line on approach at about 12:43 a.m. on March 29, 2015.
The updated report from the TSB goes on to say the main landing gear and rear fuselage hit the snow covered ground about 225 metres before the runway threshold.
The plane continued through the antenna array, hit the ground, bouncing and sliding along the runway before coming to rest about 570 metres beyond the threshold.
According to the preliminary report, part of the cabin floor was punctured during incident.
The statement says the crew received an updated weather report at 12:15 a.m. local time which stated winds were gusting around 48 kilometres per hour and forward visibility was 1,600 metres amid snow and drifting snow.
Vertical visibility above the ground was just 91 metres.
So far in the investigation, the agency says they’ve gone through a number of documents, weather reports and communications, conducted interviews and examined both the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder.
The board says they still have work to do in their investigation, including evaluating the training and experience of pilots and flight crew and reviewing the airport emergency response.
