2 w. ago WestJet begins repairs on plane in St. Maarten that experienced hard landing

WestJet says it is starting to repair the plane that experienced a hard landing in St. Maarten and shut down the Caribbean island’s airport for a day last week. The WestJet flight from Toronto landed roughly on its right landing gear before coming to a stop on the runway of Princess Juliana International Airport on […]

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3 w. ago Fixing WestJet plane in St. Maarten likely ’very difficult project’: aviation experts

An aviation expert and former pilot says it will be a challenge to repair the WestJet plane that landed roughly in St. Maarten on the weekend and shut down the Caribbean island’s airport for a day. Keith Mackey says the next step is to move the plane to a safe facility and assess whether or […]

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3 w. ago ‘Something ain’t right’: Streamer captures WestJet plane hard landing in St. Maarten

A St. Maarten-based live streamer and ex-airplane mechanic says he’s never witnessed something as disruptive as the hard landing of a WestJet plane that shut down the runway at the Caribbean island’s iconic airport. Jacco Steffens, co-founder of content and streaming website SHOWME Caribbean, said he was remotely operating a web camera pointed at St. […]

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3 w. ago Canada’s transportation safety board to investigate St. Maarten WestJet hard landing

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says it is sending a team of investigators to the Caribbean island of St. Maarten to investigate the rough landing of a WestJet plane yesterday. The safety board says it will gather information and assess what happened to flight WS2276 from Toronto that experienced a hard landing upon arrival […]

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3 w. ago WestJet plane makes 'hard landing' in St. Maarten, no injuries reported

A WestJet plane flying from Toronto to St. Maarten experienced a “hard landing” upon arrival at the Princess Juliana International Airport on Sunday, the airline said in a statement. WestJet said emergency crews responded immediately and deployed foam as a precaution. The aircraft’s slides were activated and all crew and passengers evacuated safely, with no […]

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3 w. ago Stranded WestJet passengers deal with cancellations after plane makes 'hard landing' in St. Maarten

Courtney Albert, who lives just south of Calgary, is stuck in the Caribbean with no information

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3 w. ago See the moment Toronto flight's landing gear collapsed touching down in St. Maarten

Multiple videos shared on social media over the weekend show the shocking moment a WestJet flight out of Toronto made a hard landing in St. Maarten, a tropical destination located in the northeastern Caribbean Sea. The incident occurred on Sunday afternoon at the island's Princess Juliana International Airport and involved a WestJet Boeing 737-800 aircraft, operating as flight WS2276 from Toronto Pearson Airport. Videos taken from several angles show the aircraft made a hard landing at 1:31 p.m., resulting in a small cloud of smoke on the runway. The airport confirmed that despite 164 passengers being onboard, no injuries were reported, although three people were taken for medical evaluation out of an abundance of caution. Today a WestJet B-737 had a right main landing gear collapse while landing at St. Marteen. No one was hurt. Jet [Reg. "C-GWSR"] was operating as Flight WS2276, inbound from Toronto. Updates later. pic.twitter.com/a1T7UEprcm&m...

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4 w. ago WestJet flight from Toronto has rough landing in St. Maarten’s airport

WestJet says a flight travelling from Toronto had a rough landing at an airport on the Caribbean island of St. Maarten on Sunday afternoon. The airline issued a statement on their website, saying the flight WS2276 from Toronto experienced a hard landing upon arrival at Princess Juliana International at around 1 p.m. ET. It says […]

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4 w. ago WestJet plane makes ‘hard landing’ Sunday at Sint Maarten airport

WestJet Airlines confirms a flight from Toronto to Sint Maarten, in the Caribbean, made a 'hard landing' and passengers used emergency slides to evacuate the aircraft on Sunday.

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