Mona
08-03-2005, 09:36 AM
When I got home and saw this on the news, I knew it was a horrific tragedy with all the fire. Thank goodness I was wrong. Truly a miracle that 309 people survived this.
No Known Fatalities In Toronto Jet Crash
POSTED: 10:36 am EDT August 3, 2005
UPDATED: 10:36 am EDT August 3, 2005
TORONTO -- A jetliner carrying more than 200 people erupted in flames Tuesday after skidding off a runway while landing in a thunderstorm at Toronto's Pearson International Airport. A govenment official said there were no known fatalities but 14 people suffered minor injuries.
Steve Shaw, a vice president of the Greater Toronto Airport Authority, said there were 297 passengers and 12 crew aboard the plane. He said the jet overshot the runway by 200 yards and that he believed the fire broke out after the passengers were evacuated.
Air France also announced there were no fatalities in the crash.
Police said the plane was an Air France A340 from Paris that was trying to land at Canada's busiest airport when it ran into trouble. There was a storm _ with lightning and strong wind gusts _ in the area at the time.
No Known Fatalities In Toronto Jet Crash
POSTED: 10:36 am EDT August 3, 2005
UPDATED: 10:36 am EDT August 3, 2005
TORONTO -- A jetliner carrying more than 200 people erupted in flames Tuesday after skidding off a runway while landing in a thunderstorm at Toronto's Pearson International Airport. A govenment official said there were no known fatalities but 14 people suffered minor injuries.
Steve Shaw, a vice president of the Greater Toronto Airport Authority, said there were 297 passengers and 12 crew aboard the plane. He said the jet overshot the runway by 200 yards and that he believed the fire broke out after the passengers were evacuated.
Air France also announced there were no fatalities in the crash.
Police said the plane was an Air France A340 from Paris that was trying to land at Canada's busiest airport when it ran into trouble. There was a storm _ with lightning and strong wind gusts _ in the area at the time.