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Wheel takes flight after falling off Air Canada plane [View all]
From https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/flight-wheel-pop-1.5415232
Wheel takes flight after falling off Air Canada plane
No one was injured on flight, plane landed safely
CBC News · Posted: Jan 04, 2020 1:27 PM ET | Last Updated: January 4
An Air Canada flight from Montreal to Saguenay, Que. was forced to turn around Friday after a technical issue made one of its wheels fall off seconds after takeoff.
In a statement, Air Canada subsidiary Jazz Aviation said one of the two wheels on the left main landing gear fell off just after the plane went airborne.
The incident was captured on video by a passenger.
In the footage, flames are seen coming from the wheel prior to takeoff. One passenger comments that the wheel appears to be fine, before it promptly falls off the landing gear.
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No one was injured on flight, plane landed safely
CBC News · Posted: Jan 04, 2020 1:27 PM ET | Last Updated: January 4
An Air Canada flight from Montreal to Saguenay, Que. was forced to turn around Friday after a technical issue made one of its wheels fall off seconds after takeoff.
In a statement, Air Canada subsidiary Jazz Aviation said one of the two wheels on the left main landing gear fell off just after the plane went airborne.
The incident was captured on video by a passenger.
In the footage, flames are seen coming from the wheel prior to takeoff. One passenger comments that the wheel appears to be fine, before it promptly falls off the landing gear.
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