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Flair Airlines flight from Vancouver leaves runway at Waterloo International Airport

WATCH: Social media video showed a Flair Airlines flight from Vancouver went off the runway at around 6:30 a.m. ET on Friday at Waterloo International Airport. A spokesperson for the airline said no injures have been reported among passengers or the crew – Nov 25, 2022

A Flair Airlines flight from Vancouver went off the runway at around 6:30 a.m. ET on Friday at Waterloo International Airport, a Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) spokesperson confirmed.

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“At approximately 06:25 am EST this morning, FLE501 flying from Vancouver International Airport (CYVR) to the Region of Waterloo International Airport (CYKF), a B737 operated by Flair Airlines, overran runway 26 at CYKF,” the spokesperson said in an email.

“There are no reported injuries among the six crew and 134 passengers.”

A spokesperson for the airline confirmed the news as well, saying all of the passengers had exited the plane.

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“There were no reported injuries,” they told Global News in an email. “Passengers deplaned the aircraft and were taken to the terminal by bus. The safety and well-being of our passengers and crew is our top priority.”

A spokesperson for the region said that the airport will remain closed to commercial traffic Friday

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“The Transportation Safety Board is now on site conducting an analysis and the airport will be closed to commercial traffic the rest of today,” they told Global News.

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