Air Canada A320 accident at Halifax

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Originally Posted by DaveReidUK

Great quote:

"Spurway [spokesman for the Halifax Stanfield International Airport] said the incident was not a crash because it is believed the plane was under control as it came in. He said there's no indication what caused the hard landing and he did not know the condition of the plane."

Air Canada flight leaves runway in Halifax, 25 sent to hospital - Nova Scotia - CBC News

Using that definition everybody could die and still a crash wouldn't have occurred.

Let's look at the pictures again



Nah - no crash I was mistaken!

If the spokesman actually believes his own statement I think he should take a short break to regain perspective!