Air Canada Flight 624: Timeline of a crash landing
HALIFAX — On March 28, 2015, an Airbus A320-211, operating as Air Canada Flight 624, flew from Toronto to Halifax with 133 passengers and five crew members. Here is how the Transportation Safety Board chronicles the flight’s progress — and its crash landing in blizzard conditions (some times approximate):
10:05 p.m. — Plane leaves Lester B. Pearson International Airport for Stanfield International Airport.
10:56 — Air Canada tells flight crew an Air Canada flight had landed on Halifax’s Runway 05 after a missed approach due to insufficient visibility. The crew determines conditions are suitable for the aircraft to land.
11:25 — Because of weather conditions, the Stanfield controller tells crew to hold at 9,000 feet.