WestJet plane bound for Calgary makes safe emergency landing in Kelowna | 24CA News
A aircraft sure for Calgary made an emergency touchdown in Kelowna, B.C., on Thursday afternoon after one in every of its two engines stopped working.
The WestJet turboprop plane landed safely, and all passengers, round 80 or so, are being rebooked on completely different flights on Thursday night time or Friday morning.
“Today, at approximately 3:40 p.m., a plane that departed Kamloops en route to Calgary had a mechanical issue in flight,” stated Phillip Elchitz, senior supervisor of airport operations at YLW. “And that flight was diverted to the Kelowna airport.”
The airport’s emergency crews, together with the Kelowna Fire Department, went on standby for the aircraft’s arrival, with it touchdown safely at 4:30 p.m.
“The passengers were safely offloaded into the terminal building and the WestJet team was there to assist them in getting rebooked,” stated Elchitz.
The aircraft’s detoured flight path from Kamloops to Kelowna.
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The aircraft was a Dash 8 Q400 mannequin with twin propeller engines.
“One engine stopped working. We refer to that as an engine out,” stated Elchitz. “That aircraft is designed to fly on one engine, and that’s exactly what it did.
“It continued on a stable flight and had a successful approach and landing in Kelowna.”
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