http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/air-canada-ac624-crash-lands-in-halifax-at-least-23-sent-to-hospital-1.3013979
An early morning incident at Halifax Stanfield International Airport sent 23 people to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries, when an Air Canada flight from Toronto crash-landed on a runway during bad weather. The aircraft, an Airbus A-320, sustained major damage including loosing all three landing gear, loss of the nose, loss of the number two engine, severe damage to the leading edge of the right wing and the loss of the right rear horizontal stabilizer.
Early reports state that the aircraft was possibly too low before touching down and had clipped high-voltage power lines supplying electricity to the airport. The airport lost all power at about the same time of the incident.
The aircraft slid on its belly almost the full length of the runway, with the accumulated snow potentially saving the aircraft from fire as it provided a cushion that minimized sparks. All passengers and crew successfully evacuated the aircraft after the crash using emergency doors and slides.
Passengers reportedly were not brought into the terminal for quite some time, with only the injured being taken by ambulance to hospitals in Halifax and Truro while uninjured people stood for nearly an hour in the snow on the runway watching firefighters secure the aircraft. The reports about being "left out in the cold" were not confirmed or denied by the airport or the airline. It was reported that many of the 132 people on board were not wearing clothing suitable for cold weather, and some were not wearing their shoes at the time of the crash.
Halifax Airport is closed as of this morning both due to the crash and a lack of power servicing the terminal.
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