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Air France Aircraft on Fire at Pearson Airport (Toronto) (Update: Minor injuries)
CFRB 1010AM Radio ^ | Aug 2 2005

Posted on 08/02/2005 1:28:25 PM PDT by mitchbert

Breaking News from CFRB 1010AM News Radio - Toronto

Airliner on fire on the ground at Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ). Unclear as to cause. Announcers asking for updates from motorists in the region on HWY 401. Report says great deal of smoke. I have to go into a meeting shortly but I'll listen for updates as long as I can.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Canada; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: airchance; nojokesplease; planecrash; scarebus; toronto; yyz
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To: Txsleuth

yup , I'll never forget that one ,... happened on a weekend,right??


121 posted on 08/02/2005 1:57:11 PM PDT by Dad yer funny
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To: mark3681

Please let it be true that most, if not all, managed to get out.


122 posted on 08/02/2005 1:57:42 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: arbusto99

Sounds more like microburst on landing, plane pushed down hard, hydroplaned and went into a ravine.

Just my guess.


123 posted on 08/02/2005 1:57:48 PM PDT by Central Scrutiniser (Apply generously to sunburned or irritated skin as needed)
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To: nwctwx

Basically what happens in these downbursts is you've got a big slug of air shooting down, that hits the ground and spreads out 360 in all directions to the side; aircraft begins to enter one, faces strong headwind, aircraft begins to rise, so pilot reduces power/drops the nose, then it quickly enters the area where the air is coming straight down, and then the area with a strong tailwind, and it plows into the ground.


124 posted on 08/02/2005 1:57:57 PM PDT by Strategerist
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To: mark3681

Thanks goodness. It looks much worse on TV.


125 posted on 08/02/2005 1:57:57 PM PDT by hispanarepublicana (There will be no bad talk or loud talk in this place. CB Stubblefield.)
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Update, A340 airbus, non stop Paris to Toronto, with 200 some odd people on board. Possible crash on landing, into ditch and trees.

AirFrance #358


126 posted on 08/02/2005 1:57:59 PM PDT by Black Tooth
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To: nuconvert
Are any pictures showing emergency shutes deployed?

No pics of that; we've all been looking at traffic cams from across the 401.

I'm watching CityPulse 24 from Toronto, and they're saying that the plane may not have been able to brake properly on landing, while the expert on the phone is not certain of that.

The plane apparently should have stopped on the grassy area prior to heading into the ditch/ravine/creek bed area.

127 posted on 08/02/2005 1:58:09 PM PDT by mhking (The world needs a wake up call gentlemen...we're gonna phone it in.)
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To: mark3681
A guys wife called him from her cell phone. She, and many others, got off the plane. They are holed up under a bridge by the 401.

Good news.

128 posted on 08/02/2005 1:58:10 PM PDT by eyespysomething ("Old Hippies" re-living their activist youth - the first time nostalgia had a body count attached.)
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To: arbusto99

Not sure, that is possible.

One thing to be fortunate that it did not crash onto Highway 401 - it was the beginning of the afternoon rush hour and that stretch of highway has over 300,000 cars on it every day...


129 posted on 08/02/2005 1:58:17 PM PDT by Heartofsong83
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To: OldFriend
All I can make out are horrific flames and tons of water shooting in the air.

Praying for the 200 plus souls on board..

sw

130 posted on 08/02/2005 1:58:33 PM PDT by spectre (Spectre's wife)
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To: Black Tooth

FOX: Pilot and co-pilot alive and being debriefed.




huh?


131 posted on 08/02/2005 1:58:39 PM PDT by Petronski (I love Cyborg!)
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To: mark3681

That's wonderful. I hope it's not some Howard Stern crank.


132 posted on 08/02/2005 1:58:46 PM PDT by Rutles4Ever
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To: mitchbert; COEXERJ145; microgood; liberallarry; cmsgop; shaggy eel; RayChuang88; Larry Lucido; ...

Passenger jet on fire at Toronto airport

Last Updated Tue, 02 Aug 2005 16:52:51 EDT
CBC News

An Air France jet with as many as 200 people aboard has skidded off a runway at Toronto's Pearson International Airport, bursting into flames and sending thick black smoke pouring into the air.

There is no word on the condition of the passengers and crew members on board the A340, with the plane still burning an hour after the 3:50 p.m. crash.


The Air France jet burst into flames after
skidding off a runway at Toronto's Pearson
Airport Tuesday.

The jet has a capacity of about 200 people.

The airplane was trying to land in bad weather when it skidded off the runway just metres from one of Toronto's busiest roads, Highway 401.

"There was quite a downpour. The visibility was really bad, with lots of lightning," said John Finday, a CBC News journalist who was at the airport at the time of the accident.

The jet crashed through barriers and ended up in a small ravine at the far west end of the airport, the fuselage tipped down and the aircraft's tail in the air.

"An Air France plane landing on runway 2-4 left went off the end of the runway in the area of Convert Drive and the 401 area in Mississauga," Peel police Sgt. Glyn Griffiths said at about 4:30 p.m. "Unknown at the time of any injuries. Flame was seen from the plane. And full response by all emergency vehicles."

The incident happened as most operations at the airport were grounded because of the severe thunderstorms that had been reported in the area.

Rescue crews are on the scene.


133 posted on 08/02/2005 1:58:46 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative (France is an example of retrograde chordate evolution.)
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To: Dad yer funny

Holy Cow, what a difference in the sky, between 45 minutes ago and now!! Looks like that had to be a helluva thunderstorm...


134 posted on 08/02/2005 1:58:59 PM PDT by Hand em their arse
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To: Petronski

They said that?


135 posted on 08/02/2005 1:59:13 PM PDT by Black Tooth
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To: mitchbert

bttt for further updates


136 posted on 08/02/2005 1:59:29 PM PDT by RadioAstronomer (Senior member of Darwin Central)
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To: Petronski

WOW!


137 posted on 08/02/2005 1:59:30 PM PDT by Rutles4Ever
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To: mitchbert

CNN 'expert' saying wind sheer may be the cause.


138 posted on 08/02/2005 1:59:30 PM PDT by TomGuy
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To: Paleo Conservative
Is it indeed an A340?

This is terrible.

139 posted on 08/02/2005 1:59:34 PM PDT by Clemenza (Life Ain't Fair, GET OVER IT!)
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To: nuconvert

Close ups have too much heavy smoke to show whether slides deployed, but they aren't visible clearly either.

No, not cargo...Air France Airbus 340 daily Paris/CDG to Toronto flight...

Pilot Co-pilot just reported as being off ALIVE and being 'debriefed' according to Global News that was reporting on FNC just now.


140 posted on 08/02/2005 1:59:40 PM PDT by mfccinsd
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