Jet Skids Off Toronto Airport Runway, Catches Fire

[Raid]

Duff-Man says....I just got an email from a friend of mine that lives a few miles away (Bloor/Royal York area) and they've had the smell of burnt plastic and jet fuel in the area now for a couple hours....oh yeah!

I was at my dojo last night (Bloor/Lansdowne) and even we got the occasional wiff of burning plastic. Everyone on that flight seems to be ok, they were interviewing a bunch of people today on Canada AM (a national morning news show); they really don't know the exact cause of the crash, but I heard them ask about lighting striking the plane just before landing and talk about high winds in "micro-cells" Also What hasn't been mentioned here is that there were 2 car accidents on the 401 from rubber-neckers ... nobody seriously hurt in those accidents either!

 

[rkristich]

It's truly amazing that everyone managed to get off the plane and not a single person was killed or seriously hurt. I just read on Yahoo News (Link) that the evacuation of the plane (309 passengers and crew aboard) took less than two minutes. Obviously the crew was very well trained and prepared for such an emergency, so they certaintly deserve recognition for a job well done.

A good friend of my dad is a pilot for Air Canada and often flies Airbuses to and from Toronto. My dad was getting worried until he heard that it was an Air France flight.

 

[killuminati]

I'm in vacation in Toronto right now and happened to be driving by Pearson right at the exact time of the incident. It was pouring and there was lightning every minute. I am happy that I am flying to New York today instead of yesterday because I would have been pretty scared because of the weather. Unfortunately every flight at the airport is delayed right now.

 

[joepunk]

I am extremely glad that no one was killed.

I would just like to know why the plane was allowed to land when ground crews and aircraft on the ground were all grounded due to the very severe storm?

CBC News: Lackey also said that the jetliner had enough fuel to divert to Montreal or another airport were the weather was better, but "that's the pilot's decision."

 

[Abstract]

Everyone survived....

God lives in Toronto. Toronto is God's house.

 

[Mechcozmo]

I was just driving by the airport Tuesday afternoon before it happened and the weather was horrible. Scattered thunder showers, and changing winds. I was just thinking about how i wouldn't want to be in one of those planes.

I was over Heathrow during their largest storm in history. Circling for over 1 and a half hours. That was a LOT of fun.

 

[kwajo.com]

Everyone survived....

God lives in Toronto. Toronto is God's house.

rotfl, yeah sure....

as someone from the Maritimes, I'll give a strong to that idea