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By Jeff Pelletier, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Nunatsiaq News A windy \u2018downdraft\u2019 is partially to blame for a cargo plane\u2019s bad landing in Kangiqsujuaq last year, federal investigators say. The Transportation Safety Board, which is tasked with investigating incidents involving air, sea and rail incidents in Canada, released its report Thursday into the March 2024 incident in which an Air Inuit propeller plane\u2019s rear landing gear collapsed upon landing at Kangiqsujuaq\u2019s airport. Nobody was injured. The pilots, the report said, were concerned that the runway was too short. \u201cThis perception that the runway was too short led the pilots to want to reduce the risk of an overrun by using a practice that is common for short runways. This practice consists in descending below the glide path to aim for… <\/p>\n

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By Jeff Pelletier, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Nunatsiaq News A windy \u2018downdraft\u2019 is partially to blame for a cargo plane\u2019s bad landing in Kangiqsujuaq last year, federal investigators say. The Transportation Safety Board, which is tasked with investigating incidents involving air, sea and rail incidents in Canada, released its report Thursday into the March 2024 incident in which an Air Inuit propeller plane\u2019s rear landing gear collapsed upon landing at Kangiqsujuaq\u2019s airport. Nobody was injured. The pilots, the report said, were concerned that the runway was too short. \u201cThis perception that the runway was too short led the pilots to want to reduce the risk of an overrun by using a practice that is common for short runways. This practice consists in descending below the glide path to aim for... <\/p>\n

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