Update on the Pearson crash.
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All 309 people aboard a jet that overshot a runway and burst into flames at Pearson International Airport Tuesday survived the ordeal.
Steve Shaw, Vice President of Corporate Affairs for the Greater Toronto Airport Authority confirmed a few dozen "minor injuries" among the 297 passengers and 12 crew. Ambulance officials say they transported about 43 people to hospital, most of whom were injured as they escaped the aircraft.
The plane skidded off Runway 24 Left, an east-west runway laid out parallel to one of Toronto's busiest roads, Highway 401. It ended up about 200 metres past the end of the runway in the Etobicoke Creek ravine, a small valley at the far west end of the airport, the aircraft's fuselage tipped down and its tail in the air.
Apparently all the passengers managed to get off the stricken aircraft before the fire erupted.
Quote of the day: "Greater Toronto Airports Authority said lightning was causing technical problems with the airport's lightning-detection system."
"I got a riddle for you, Hank. Okay. A plane crashes at Pearson Airport in Toronto. No one dies. Where do they bury the survivors?"
All 309 people aboard a jet that overshot a runway and burst into flames at Pearson International Airport Tuesday survived the ordeal.
Steve Shaw, Vice President of Corporate Affairs for the Greater Toronto Airport Authority confirmed a few dozen "minor injuries" among the 297 passengers and 12 crew. Ambulance officials say they transported about 43 people to hospital, most of whom were injured as they escaped the aircraft.
The plane skidded off Runway 24 Left, an east-west runway laid out parallel to one of Toronto's busiest roads, Highway 401. It ended up about 200 metres past the end of the runway in the Etobicoke Creek ravine, a small valley at the far west end of the airport, the aircraft's fuselage tipped down and its tail in the air.
Apparently all the passengers managed to get off the stricken aircraft before the fire erupted.
Quote of the day: "Greater Toronto Airports Authority said lightning was causing technical problems with the airport's lightning-detection system."
"I got a riddle for you, Hank. Okay. A plane crashes at Pearson Airport in Toronto. No one dies. Where do they bury the survivors?"