There were some tense moments over the skies of Saskatoon Wednesday morning when a cargo plane ran into engine trouble.
An emergency call that went out shortly after 6 a.m.
brought crews from across the city to the airport ready to help.
The plane was a three-engine Boeing 727 with three people on board.
A report from the airport said the right hand cargo door hatch was off and the right side engine was out.
With emergency crews standing by on the runway, the plane landed without incident and no one was hurt.
"The plane is on the ground and parked at the hangar buildings and I'm sure they'll be investigating the reason for the door coming off and the engine going out," fire department battalion chief Jeff Lehne said.
Fire officials said the aircraft was a Purolator cargo plane.
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