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Fire as one plane crashes into another at Toronto Pearson airport
Source: Reuters
Fire as one plane crashes into another at Toronto Pearson airport
Reuters
Sat 6 Jan ‘18 04.47 GMT
Passengers were forced to evacuate via emergency slides in the frigid cold on Friday night after two planes collided on the ground at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport. No injuries were reported.
WestJet said an inbound from Cancun, Mexico with 168 passengers and a crew of six was stationary and waiting to go to a gate when it was struck by a Sunwing aircraft moving back from a gate.
Video footage shows flames coming from one of the planes as passengers are heard screaming. Jeremy Cohn, a Toronto news cameraman, shared audio of the mayday call from the WestJet flight to the control tower. The pilot hurriedly notifies an evacuation and fire crews are scrambled.
Spokeswoman Lauren Stewart said the WestJet passengers were evacuated from the aircraft via emergency slides and all were safely in the terminal and clearing customs shortly after the collision.
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Reuters
Sat 6 Jan ‘18 04.47 GMT
Passengers were forced to evacuate via emergency slides in the frigid cold on Friday night after two planes collided on the ground at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport. No injuries were reported.
WestJet said an inbound from Cancun, Mexico with 168 passengers and a crew of six was stationary and waiting to go to a gate when it was struck by a Sunwing aircraft moving back from a gate.
Video footage shows flames coming from one of the planes as passengers are heard screaming. Jeremy Cohn, a Toronto news cameraman, shared audio of the mayday call from the WestJet flight to the control tower. The pilot hurriedly notifies an evacuation and fire crews are scrambled.
Spokeswoman Lauren Stewart said the WestJet passengers were evacuated from the aircraft via emergency slides and all were safely in the terminal and clearing customs shortly after the collision.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/06/fire-as-one-plane-crashes-into-another-at-toronto-pearson-airport
