Air Canada Flight 2259, operated by PAL Airlines, experienced a rough landing at Halifax Airport in Goffs, Nova Scotia, skidding off the runway and partially catching fire.
The flight originated from St. John’s, Newfoundland. In a statement, the airport confirmed the incident and assured that emergency responders were deployed to manage the situation.
No immediate details on injuries have been reported, according to CBC News.
The incident happened around 9:30 pm local time. The statement does not say how many people were on the plane.
The people on board were evacuated, and then taken to a hangar to be checked out by paramedics, CBC News said.
Due to the incident, the Halifax airport was temporarily closed Saturday night.
A passenger told CBC News that one of the plane’s tires did not deploy properly upon landing.
“The plane started to sit at about a 20-degree angle to the left and, as that happened, we heard a pretty loud — what almost sounded like a crash sound — as the wing of the plane started to skid along the pavement, along with what I presume was the engine,” she said.