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Air Canada Flight Suffered Hard Landing in Toronto

Air Canada Jazz confirms that an incident occurred today at Toronto Pearson Airport.

 
Air Canada Jazz flight AC8911 arrived from Moncton carrying 37 passengers and 3 crew members suffered a hard landing today at Toronto Pearson Airport.

After landing, while moving from the active runway onto the taxiway, the main landing gear buckled. The cause of the mechanical failure is not yet known, said Lorrie McKee, a spokeswoman from the Greater Toronto Airports Authority, as quoted by CTV News.

Passengers and crew were not injured and subsequently were released following medical examination.

Air Canada Jazz released no further information while the incident is under investigation.