Transportation Safety Board investigating Porter 'tail strike' at Fredericton airport

A Porter flight takes off from the airport in Ottawa on July 3, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

FREDERICTON - The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says it is investigating after the tail of a plane arriving in Fredericton from Ottawa struck the runway during landing.

A statement from the agency says the tail strike happened on Friday and involved a DHC-8-402 aircraft, commonly called the Dash 8, operated by Porter Airlines.

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