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Old 21st Mar 2004, 17:44
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Here is what the local paper had to say...

Safety board to investigate after plane skids off tarmac

The Transportation Safety Board has launched an investigation after an airplane skidded off the tarmac while landing at Ottawa International Airport yesterday afternoon.

Air Canada Jazz Flight 8674 from Toronto ran aground at about 4:40 p.m., when the crew wan unable to bring the plane to a halt as it turned off the runway onto a taxiway.

None of the 76 passengers abord the British Aerospace BAe146 were injured.

Paul Benoit, president of the airport authority, said the runway conditions were good at the time, adding that no other flights were disrupted as a result of the incident.

Tamar Savuchi, a spokeswoman for Air Canada Jazz, said the cause of the accident was not known, and that the flight crew had followed the proper procedure for such a situation.
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