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Second Emergency Declared at V.C. Bird International Airport as Air Canada Flight Returns- CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHAT\u2019S APP GROUP<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>

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UPDATE<\/strong>: An Air Canada Airbus 319 made a safe emergency landing at VC Bird International Airport on Thursday night due to a landing gear issue. The plane, carrying 120 passengers, landed at 10:34 PM after jettisoning fuel and received the all-clear at 10:48 PM. The emergency was declared shortly after takeoff for Toronto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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EARLIER REPORT<\/strong>: A full emergency has been declared at V.C. Bird International Airport as an Air Canada flight with 120 passengers prepares for an emergency landing due to mechanical issues. This is the second such incident at the airport within 12 hours.<\/p>

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The aircraft took off at 9 p.m. but was about 20 miles from Antigua when pilots reported the issue and requested to return.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier today, an Amerijet cargo plane made an emergency landing just before 11 a.m. because of a flap malfunction.<\/p>

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Second Emergency Declared at V.C. Bird International Airport as Air Canada Flight Returns- CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHAT\u2019S APP GROUP UPDATE: An Air Canada Airbus 319 made a safe emergency landing at VC Bird International Airport on Thursday night due to a landing gear issue. The plane, carrying 120 passengers, landed at 10:34 PM […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":225452,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-225436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nAntigua and Barbuda Airport Emergency Declared - Antigua News Room<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Emergency declared at Antigua and Barbuda's V.C. 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