In a shocking incident, a KLM Royal Dutch Airlines flight diverted to Sandefjord Airport in Norway after experiencing a hydraulic failure shortly after taking off from Oslo Airport on Saturday. The Boeing 737-800, which was en route to Amsterdam, touched down safely at Sandefjord Airport, located about 110 kilometres south of Oslo. However, during the landing rollout, the aircraft veered off the runway, though no serious injuries were reported.
The incident happened barely a few hours before a passenger plane tragically burst into flames after skidding off a runway at a South Korean airport. The aircraft, a Boeing 737, crashed into a concrete fence, resulting in at least 151 fatalities.
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Meanwhile, Air Canada Flight 2259 was forced into an emergency landing on Saturday night at Halifax Stanfield International Airport. The flight, which had arrived from St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, was attempting to land when a mechanical failure with its landing gear caused one of the aircraft’s wings to scrape along the runway, sparking a fire.
Emergency crews quickly responded, and the incident temporarily closed the airport. Passengers reported that the aircraft tilted at a dangerous angle, with one describing the unsettling sound of the wing scraping against the pavement.