Shortly after 6 p.m., an Air Canada Jazz DH8 experienced problems and was forced to make an emergency landing.
“We had an aircraft that
had departed Penticton and had requested an emergency landing at Kelowna
for a suspected mechanical issue,” says Jenelle Hynes, marketing and
media relations manager at YLW.
“And then when the aircraft did land, there was some hydraulic fluid that did leak out of the aircraft onto the runway.”
Shortly thereafter, the pilot of a Cessna radioed the tower to say they may have a mechanical issue too.
“They were either from
Kelowna or coming into Kelowna and had just given the tower a heads up
and our crews were already on stand-by so we had our aircraft with
firefighters along with the Kelowna Fire Department,” says Hynes.
Both planes landed safely with the only other issue being some commercial flights that were delayed in the process.
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