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Flights resume at Halifax airport after plane skids off runway

Halifax Stanfield International Airport has suspended service after an aircraft skidded off the runway Monday evening. HE CANADIAN PRESS/Mark Blinch

Flights in and out of the Stanfield International Airport were suspended for a few hours after a plane skidded off the runway shortly after 6:30 p.m. AT.

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Tiffany Chase, a spokesperson for the airport, confirmed that Air Canada Flight 614 arrived on No. 23at 6:30 p.m., with Air Canada contacting the tower and informing them that the aircraft was unable to make it to the gate.

A passenger on the flight says that the aircraft was circling the airport, as visibility was poor.

“We came in to land, but it got a bit slick, I guess,” the passenger said.

“We just sort of ended up a little closer to the end than we should have been.”

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The passenger says that she believes the plane is wedged into a snowbank at the end of the runway.

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“I think that if anything there is one wheel off [the runway], but we were not in the proper direction to avoid the end of it.” the passenger told Global News.

“We hit some snow. It honestly felt like a rumble strip on the highway.”

Passengers on board Flight AC 614 are being transported to the terminal of Halifax Stanfield Airport after their plane skidded off a runway. Submitted

Chase says that no injuries have been reported but could not confirm the state of the airplane.

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The Transportation Safety Board of Canada has been notified, and they say a team has been dispatched to investigate.

The airport said shortly after 9:00 p.m. AT., that operations have resumed at the airport but that runway No. 23 remains closed at this time.

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Passengers have now been deplaned and are being transported to the terminal on buses.

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