HALIFAX – An Air Canada plane skidded off a runway as it landed early Sunday morning during a snowstorm in Halifax, an airport official said, sending at least 23 people to hospital for observation and treatment of minor injuries.
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In a tweet, the Transportation Safety board of Canada confirmed that the type of aircraft involved in the crash was an Airbus A320, the same type of aircraft involved in the ill-fated Germanwings 9525 flight.
The A320 is one of Airbus’s most popular planes with 6,200 A320s in service around the world. According to a statement issued by Airbus on March 24, the fleet has accumulated 150 million flight hours in more than 85 million flights.
The single-aisle, twin-jet engine is touted as being a “workhorse of modern aviation,” and is often compared to the Boeing 737. It is considered a short- and medium-range aircraft and is used to connect destinations between one to five hours apart.
The A320 first came into service in March 1988 and the Aviation Safety Network, lists 55 accidents involving the plane.
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Air Canada has a fleet of 41 A320s and until now has never reported an incident.
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