Passenger jet on fire at Pearson airport
Last updated Aug 2 2005 05:56 PM EDTCBC News
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One passenger, Roel Bramar, told CBC News that he saw lightning just as the plane landed in a torrential downpour.
"I'm sure that the bad weather was responsible," said Bramar, who was not injured and managed to scramble off the plane by means of an emergency chute. He was the second person off the plane, he said.
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"We had a hell of a roller-coaster going down the ravine," Bramar said. "All I could think of was 'Get off!'"
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"There was quite a downpour. The visibility was really bad, with lots of lightning," said John Finlay, a CBC journalist who was at the airport at the time of the accident.
At mid-afternoon Tuesday, a spokesperson with the Greater Toronto Airports Authority said lightning was causing technical problems with the airport's lightning-detection system. All aircraft had been grounded for safety reasons as a result, largely to protect gound crews.
297 pax + 12 crew
309 total
What is wrong with this picture? That's kinda like saying smoke kept a smoke detector from working.
Air France jet crashes at Pearson, at least 14 injured
Last updated Aug 2 2005 06:04 PM EDTCBC News
Hospitals in the Toronto area have started receiving passengers injured when an Air France jet with between 250 and 350 people aboard skidded off a runway while landing at Pearson International Airport Tuesday.
CBC News reports that no fatalities have been reported. Officials from the airport confirm about "14 minor injuries."
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At mid-afternoon Tuesday, a spokesperson with the Greater Toronto Airports Authority said lightning was causing technical problems with the airport's lightning-detection system.