Emergency landing for an Air Canada flight at YVR

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Posted September 4, 2010 1:35 pm.

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RICHMOND (NEWS1130) – Some scary moments for people on an Air Canada flight from Vancouver to Toronto this morning. The plane was forced to make an emergency landing, after running into problems with its landing gear shortly after take-off.

There were 143 people on board, including the crew. No one was hurt, and the passengers have been booked on other flights.

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