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Aircraft makes emergency landing at Abbotsford Airport after temporarily losing contact with radar tower

Emergency crews were called to the airport but called off shortly after
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An aircraft made an emergency landing at the Abbotsford International Airport after it lost contact with the airport’s radar tower.

Emergency crews were called to the airport at around 10:45 a.m. but were called off within five minutes.

The plane temporarily lost contact with the tower but was able to land without incident once radar was re-established said Parm Sidhu, general manager at the airport.

“At one point we didn’t know anything, whether it was a gear or if it had power or anything,” Sidhu said. “Because we didn’t have any information we called in 9-11 resources, but once it showed up on radar the tower landed it.”

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