All Safe After DC-3 Emergency Landing

Thursday, August 29, 2013 at 09:38 PM ET

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** A Douglas DC-3 aircraft operated by Buffalo
Airlines landed short of the runway in
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.** Courtesy of TSB

Key Takeaways:

A Buffalo Airways DC-3 experienced an engine fire shortly after takeoff from Yellowknife Airport, leading to an emergency landing in a ditch near the runway with retracted landing gear.
Despite the incident, all 21 passengers and three crew members aboard the aircraft were unhurt.
The Canadian Transportation Safety Board is currently investigating the accident.

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Passengers of a Douglas DC-3 belonging to Yellowknife, Canada-based Buffalo Airways got a wild ride after one of the two big radial engines caught fire shortly after takeoff from the Yellowknife Airport, Canadian news network CBC reported. The pilot of the heavy taildragger circled back to the airport, but didn’t quite make it to the runway, landing in a ditch with the landing gear still retracted.

None of the 21 passengers nor any of the three crewmembers aboard the airplane was hurt. The Canadian Transportation Safety Board is investigating the accident.