HALIFAX - The Supreme Court of Nova Scotia has approved a settlement in the class-action lawsuit involving a crash landing of an Air Canada flight in Halifax more than a decade ago.
Twenty-five of 133 passengers on board Air Canada Flight 624 from Toronto were injured when the airplane struck power lines during a snowstorm at Halifax Stanfield International Airport in March 2015, causing the plane to land about 200 metres short of the runway.
Under the terms of the settlement, Air Canada, Nav Canada, and the Halifax International Airport Authority are to pay a total of $18,075,000 to settle the class action, which includes legal fees and expenses.
Air Canada would pay the bulk of the settlement — more than $15 million, according to case documents.
The settlement agreement does not include any admission or finding of liability by the defendants.
In a news release, CFM Lawyers LLP, Wagners and MacGillivray Injury and Insurance Law say compensation will be distributed according to a court-approved distribution protocol after the firms conducted an individual valuation of each member's claim.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 10, 2026.
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