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Passengers recall hanging upside down after plane flipped on runway [Video]

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Newly released video has shown in dramatic detail the moment a plane with 80 people on board flipped while landing during icy weather in Canada.

Passengers, all of whom survived the fiery mishap at Toronto Pearson Airport on Monday (Tuesday AEDT), were left hanging upside down “like bats” in the aircraft as fire crews scrambled to extinguish the rising flames.

Video obtained by CNN shows the plane landing hard on the runway, with the plane’s rear landing gear buckling and the right wing soon shearing away in a fireball. 

Newly publicised video has shown in dramatic detail the moment a plane with 80 people on board flipped while landing during icy weather in Canada. (X)

The fuselage rolled over as it skid, eventually leaving it belly-up, streaked with black residue. Inside, seat-belted passengers were suspended from their seats.

The rollover left passengers hanging aloft, according to two people on-board, John …

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