The Vancouver International Airport (YVR) has removed a cargo plane that crashed early Tuesday morning and skidded off the north runway.
YVR was given permission late Wednesday from the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) to access to the incident site, allowing them to start removal work, which was then completed late Thursday.
The work to removed the plane ranged from offloading cargo, constructing temporary roadways and staging pads, setting up cranes to lift the aircraft and dispatching tow crews to transport it safely to a nearby hangar for cleaning and further inspection, YVR explained.
The runway remains closed while YVR assesses systems and infrastructure.
The Cargojet Boeing 767-300 made an emergency landing at about 1:45 a.m. on Tuesday.
According to Aviation Herald, an online publication that reports aircraft incidents, the plane declared a “PAN PAN” – a heightened awareness alert – as it was approaching YVR due to problems with the aircraft's flaps.
The plane then landed at a “higher than normal speed,” according to Aviation News, at about 175 knots, and overran the north runway by 1,880 feet.
The airport is encouraging passengers to check with their airlines about flight schedules and status before coming to YVR.
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