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6 November 2014

Jazz flight QK-8481 de Havilland DHC-8-400 registration C-GGBF from Calgary to Grande Prairie with 71 passengers and 4 crew members took off from Calgary airport and was in the initial climb when the crew reported a problem and decided to divert to Edmonton airport for an emergency landing.Airplane landed on runway 02 but the right main gear collapsed causing the airplane to veered off the runway and came to a stop there touching down with the right wing tip.During evacuation 4 people received minor injures.Airplane received substantial damage

Preliminary reports suggesting that airplane during take off suffered a blown tyre and diverted to Edmonton due to crosswinds at Calgary

C-GGBF

© MOHAMMED ZAHEER

First Flight:2013