YPR reports 'minor incident' for Charter flight to Prince Rupert today

See correction below specific to the flight in question, which was a morning arrival and not an afternoon flight as we had surmised in the original story.

Airport officials at the Digby Island Airport have issued a short advisory through their social media stream noting of what they have called a 'minor incident' for a private charter flight arriving in the city today.

Thankfully, No injuries were reported from the incident, though no further details on what led to the airplane resting just beyond the runway edge were released. 

Also not indicated from the information release was whether the situation was related to mechanical, or other land based issues.

Other than the Regularly Scheduled Air Canada flight for Wednesday afternoon, the only other flight noted by the Flght Aware tracking service is that of Summit Air Flight 8602 which is reported to have arrived at 3:57 PM this afternoon. 

That flight had originally been scheduled for a 1:33 PM departure but had been delayed to 2:41 PM. 

A photo from theYellowknife NWT based airline on their Summit Air Social Media stream provides a look at the Avro RJ85 from 2023

Today's notes from YPR did not specify the nature of the purpose for the charter flight to the city.

Should YPR update their information related to the incident we shall add to our story.

Correction to the above: Related To the Flight specific to the incident.

The Flight that was noted in the social media posting by YPR officials was an early morning charter arrival at the Digby Island Airport, it departed Nanaimo at 6:30 AM arriving at Prince Rupert at 7:49 AM

Update: Airport officials in Prince Rupert added to their information relay on the incident on Thursday, with a short advisory directing those interested in the events of Wednesday to seek it out through Aviation Transportation investigation sources.

They did not put forward any links to those sources, for the public to access.

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