Cargo is being offloaded from the Amazon Air cargo plane that flew off the north runway at Vancouver International Airport two days ago in preparation for recovery efforts, the airport authority said in a message Thursday morning.
The British Columbia airport’s north runway remains closed to air traffic. Passenger and cargo planes are still experiencing flight delays because there is only one runway in use.
Canada’s Transportation Safety Board allowed crews to begin moving the Boeing 767 freighter off the runway area after gathering evidence for their accident investigation.
Air Canada heavy aircraft crew specialists lifted the plane’s nose from the mud, the airport said. The plane’s landing gear broke as the plane left the runway. More than fifty people from various organizations, including aircraft operator Cargojet, are participating in the recovery work.
Cargojet, Canada’s largest cargo carrier, operated the Amazon-branded aircraft under a contract with the online marketplace. The plane arrived from Hamilton, Ontario in the early morning hours. According to a report from The Aviation Herald, the pilots reported problems with their wing flaps before landing on the wet runway, but it is unclear why speed brakes and other measures were not enough to prevent the plane from overshooting a 9,900-foot runway by nearly 6,000 feet. . feet.
None of the three crew members were injured.
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