Video captured by a passenger shows the moment a wheel fell off an Air Canada plane during takeoff
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- A passenger filmed the moment that a wheel fell off an Air Canada Express plane during takeoff.
- The video shows flames in the wheel and then the wheel falling off the plane, as a passenger says in French: "It fell!"
- The De Havilland Dash 8-300 was being operated by Jazz Aviation LP, which said in a statement that one of the wheels fell off just after the plane became airborne at Montreal-Trudeau International Airport.
- It was flying from Montreal to Saguenay-Bagotville Airport, an airport in western Quebec.
- Jazz Aviation said pilots kept control of the plane, landing it back in Montreal with no injuries to anyone on board. Passengers were put on another plane to Quebec.
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A wheel feel off an Air Canada Express plane during takeoff — and a passenger caught the bizarre, unnerving moment on video.
Flight 8684 was taking off from Montreal-Trudeau International Airport heading to Saguenay-Bagotville Airport in western Quebec on Friday, but had to turn around after the wheel fell off seconds after taking off, CNN reported.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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