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Originally Posted by Keith P.
It apparently hit the ILS antenna tower as well. Not a good day for AC. Mixed reports on how HIAA handled it all as well. Conflicting reports on whether the plane hitting the power line made the lights go out or if that happened before, and contributed to the incident. Hard to believe they do not have UPS protection for flight systems at the airfield. Passengers were unhappy with being left out in the snow for an hour after evacuating the aircraft. But they should be glad they are still living - they were very close to augering in and being a statistic in a major tragedy. Plane lost all its landing gear and one engine detached.
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Yes it sounds like this could have been much worse. Based on the pictures (below) and if what I believe I am seeing is correct, then it appears as though it took the power lines down along Old Guyborough Road around here -
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.863709,-...Q7iQNpHS7LNMNV5w636Ziw!2e0!5m1!1e4?hl=en. If so, then they just barely made it onto the runway instead of plowing into the high bank next to Guysborough Road.
(source:
https://twitter.com/Brett_CBC/status/582244266400956416/photo/1 )
(source:
https://twitter.com/Brett_CBC/status/582241605882683392/photo/1)
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