An Air Canada Dash-8 with 65 people on board made an emergency landing at the Kelowna Airport Saturday afternoon, Jan. 9, 2016 with one engine. Sean Heddle

Plane from Kamloops makes emergency landing at Kelowna Airport

KELOWNA – A passenger plane bound for Calgary from Kamloops yesterday afternoon was forced to make an emergency landing at the Kelowna Airport.

Firefighters from halls in Kelowna and Lake Country were called to the airport at about 3:03 p.m., Jan. 9.

An Air Canada Dash-8 with 65 people on board landed with only one engine without incident, according to a Global Okanagan report.

To contact the reporter for this story, email Howard Alexander at halexander@infonews.ca. To contact the editor, email mjones@infonews.ca or call 250-718-2724.

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Howard Alexander

Howard Alexander

Assistant Editor Howard Alexander comes to iNFOnews.ca from the broadcasting side of the media business.

Howard has been a reporter, news anchor, talk show host and news director, first in Saskatchewan and then the Okanagan.

He moved his family to Vernon in the 90s and is proud to call the Okanagan home.

If you have an event to share contact Howard at 250-309-5343or email halexander@infonews.ca.

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