Moment Boeing plane suffers ‘hard landing’ on runway forcing passenger evacuation

Officials begin probe into WestJet 'hard landing'

Ewan Tasker, manager of international operations and major investigations at the Transportation Safety Board of Canada, says his team has done an initial inspection of the WestJet aircraft that made a 'hard landing' in St. Maarten on Sunday afternoon.

Moment Boeing plane suffers ‘hard landing’ on runway forcing passenger evacuation

A Boeing plane suffered a “hard landing” on a runway in the Caribbean, prompting all 164 people on board to be evacuated. Footage from Sunday (7 September) appeared to show the WestJet Boeing 737 bouncing on the tarmac at Princess Juliana International Airport on Sint Maarten. Passengers and crew exited the aircraft via the emergency slides, and the aircraft was sprayed with foam as a “precaution.” Three people were sent for medical evaluation f…