EDMONTON – Three of four passengers sent to hospital after an Air Canada Jazz flight appeared to trail sparks during an emergency landing at Edmonton International Airport have now been released.
The airline says in a statement that the fourth passenger sent for treatment after Thursday night’s emergency involving a Q400 turboprop aircraft remains in hospital for observation.
Air Canada flight 8481 was scheduled to travel from Calgary to Grande Prairie, Alta., carrying 71 passengers and a crew of four.
There were reports that one of the plane’s tires blew out on takeoff from Calgary, but a crosswind prevented it from returning so it carried on to Edmonton.
Witnesses reported seeing sparks fly as the plane landed in the Alberta capital, where the airport had activated its emergency operations centre and had a number of emergency vehicles standing by.
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