MONTREAL - Passengers on an Air France Boeing 747 Tuesday evening said they were a little shaken up but relieved no one was hurt after their plane skidded off the runway during a routine landing at Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport.
“Everybody seemed to be OK, thankfully,” said Vanesca Soler, one of the 490 passengers on board. “But it was pretty scary - there was this burning smell and I was worried the plane was going to catch fire.”
Soler and others on the flight from Paris said the plane landed around 5:50 p.m. local time.
As it slowed down to make a left turn in the direction of the arrivals terminal, it braked suddenly and without warning, skidding off into a grassy area.
Stephanie Lepage, a spokeswoman for the airport, said there were no injuries as a result of the incident.
“This was a very minor skid, so the plane didn’t travel very far,” she said.
Emergency crews were called to the scene right away, but did not seem to be needed.
“I didn’t see any smoke or fire,” passenger Philip Alvarez said. “There was just the smell of burning rubber.”
Fellow travellers said firefighters boarded the plane and appeared to be testing for toxicity in the air. Some time later, the pilot explained via the public address system there might have been a mechanical problem with the brakes.
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I'm loving how it was only taxiing yet they make it sound really bad.
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Air France 747 skids off Montreal Runway
Last edited by cocaine; 27-08-2008 at 03:50 PM.
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this has happened to a lot of planes recently
it might be them rebeling
i hope everyone else recovers tho =[Crag's motto: "If death was near, I would Sweet Chin Music It"
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No one was hurt
Originally Posted by heart break kid
That's why we seize the moment, try to freeze it and own it, squeeze it and hold it cause we consider these minutes golden.
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5th this month
Lets set the stage on fire, and hollywood will be jealous.
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Originally Posted by Josh
No one was hurt but you never know i mean they cud be mentally scarred inside
aye they are piling up Originally Posted by Tom743
Crag's motto: "If death was near, I would Sweet Chin Music It"
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27-08-2008, 06:04 PM #6
You counting or something? Originally Posted by Tom743
Anyway, Skidding off the runway isn't really that serious unless they starting hitting things. Everyone is ok and its not a major incident.
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