AIR CANADA MAKES SAFE EMERGENCY LANDING AT VCBIA
SOURCE: STATE MEDIA
An Air Canada plane completed a safe emergency landing at VC Bird International Airport on Thursday night, after experiencing a mid-flight mechanical problem.
The plane landed at 10:34PM and the all-clear was given at 10:48PM, bringing an end to the full emergency which had been declared for the landing. The 120 individuals on board are breathing a sigh of relief.
The Airbus 319 requested the emergency landing shortly after departing VCBIA bound for Toronto. A problem with its landing gear triggered the emergency.
The plane circled for several minutes jettisoning fuel to make it light enough to land for inspections and investigations to be carried out.
This was the second full emergency declared at the Airport on Thursday after an Amerijet cargo plane had made an emergency landing shortly before 11.
That plane was en route from Miami to St Maarten when it developed a problem with its flaps.
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