Air Canada Flight 624: Plane cabin floor 'punctured' during crash landing
The Air Canada plane that crashed at Halifax Stanfield International Airport in March had no mechanical deficiencies, but the right-side cabin floor was "punctured from below," the Transportation Safety Board says in a preliminary report.
The preliminary report released Tuesday by the board says the right-side cabin floor in rows 31 and 33 of AC624 were punctured. As well, the floor next to the flight attendant fold-down seat near the rear of the cabin was punctured from below. No pieces of the antenna structure penetrated the cockpit.
The report reviews what investigators have done so far, and what work is still left to complete.
It does not provide a reason for the crash or attribute blame to the pilots, but says federal investigators will continue to evaluate the training and experience of the pilots.
The March 29 crash of the Airbus A320 caused the plane's landing gear to collapse, ripped off the plane's engine and severed the craft's nose cone after the jet began its skid 335 metres short of a snow-strewn Halifax runway.
The flight had left Toronto en route to Halifax.
There were 133 passengers and five crew members on board.
The report also said 25 people sustained injuries and were taken to local hospitals, two more than the previously reported 23 injured. No one was critically injured.
The TSB Watchlist identifes approach-and-landing accidents as one of the issues that "poses the greatest risk to Canada's transportation system."
These accidents include:
The TSB has called on operators, regulators and air navigation service providers to take more action to prevent approach-and-landing accidents.
source: Air Canada Flight 624: Plane cabin floor 'punctured' during crash landing - Nova Scotia - CBC News
The Air Canada plane that crashed at Halifax Stanfield International Airport in March had no mechanical deficiencies, but the right-side cabin floor was "punctured from below," the Transportation Safety Board says in a preliminary report.
The preliminary report released Tuesday by the board says the right-side cabin floor in rows 31 and 33 of AC624 were punctured. As well, the floor next to the flight attendant fold-down seat near the rear of the cabin was punctured from below. No pieces of the antenna structure penetrated the cockpit.
The report reviews what investigators have done so far, and what work is still left to complete.
It does not provide a reason for the crash or attribute blame to the pilots, but says federal investigators will continue to evaluate the training and experience of the pilots.
The March 29 crash of the Airbus A320 caused the plane's landing gear to collapse, ripped off the plane's engine and severed the craft's nose cone after the jet began its skid 335 metres short of a snow-strewn Halifax runway.
The flight had left Toronto en route to Halifax.
There were 133 passengers and five crew members on board.
The report also said 25 people sustained injuries and were taken to local hospitals, two more than the previously reported 23 injured. No one was critically injured.
The TSB Watchlist identifes approach-and-landing accidents as one of the issues that "poses the greatest risk to Canada's transportation system."
These accidents include:
- Runway overruns.
- Runway excursions.
- Landings short of the runway.
- Tail strikes.
The TSB has called on operators, regulators and air navigation service providers to take more action to prevent approach-and-landing accidents.
source: Air Canada Flight 624: Plane cabin floor 'punctured' during crash landing - Nova Scotia - CBC News