1 week ago Toronto flight forced to land 3,000 km away after emergency on board

A Toronto-bound flight was forced to cut its roughly 12-hour journey short last week after a passenger suffered a medical emergency on board. On Sept. 15, a long-haul Air Canada flight departed from Tokyo's Haneda Airport at 6:13 p.m. and was headed for Toronto Pearson International Airport. The daily flight is usually scheduled to take off around 6:10 p.m. in Japan and land in Toronto at 5:35 p.m. local time, though things didn't quite go to plan this time around.While flying over Canada, the crew was forced to divert to Yellowknife Airport after a medical emergency took place on board the aircraft. The flight landed safely in Yellowknife roughly nine hours after taking off from Haneda Airport at 12:03 p.m. local time. Flight radar shows the aircraft diverting from its normal route, which usually takes it over Vancouver, to land in Yellowknife. Source: FlightAware.com.In a statement to blogTO, Air Canada confirmed that the diversion was du...

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2 w. ago Nearly 200,000 Albertans left emergency rooms before completing treatment in 2024: report

Joline Hardisty spent 14 hours at the University of Alberta Hospital one day last December. Her son, who was 19 years old at the time, had recently undergone appendicitis surgery at the Royal Alexandra Hospital. Hardisty said the surgeon informed them he was bleeding internally, but did not need another surgery to fix the issue […]

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2 w. ago Lichen, logging, land rights: Complex forces play out in fate of ancient B.C. forest

A shaggy, cool-green lichen hangs from the trunk of a tree in a forest on northeastern Vancouver Island, growing on the bark like coral on a rocky sea floor. Lichenologist Trevor Goward has named it oldgrowth specklebelly, and while the slow-growing lichen is a species at risk in its own right, he says it is […]

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2 w. ago WestJet begins repairs on plane in St. Maarten that experienced hard landing

WestJet says it is starting to repair the plane that experienced a hard landing in St. Maarten and shut down the Caribbean island’s airport for a day last week. The WestJet flight from Toronto landed roughly on its right landing gear before coming to a stop on the runway of Princess Juliana International Airport on […]

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2 w. ago Rare exotic bird reunited with owner after daring flight from Toronto to Mississauga

In a heartwarming but unexpected turn of events, a rare bird has been safely reunited with its owner after a dramatic three-day escape that took it from Toronto all the way to Mississauga. The bird, a rare Hyacinth Macaw, had escaped from Toronto and was missing for three days before it was ultimately found. According to the City of Mississauga, many sightings and rescue attempts were recorded, although the bird managed to evade capture every time. At one point, there were fears that the bird had been hit by a car, but it wasn't until one Mississauga resident offered their shoulder as a perch that the bird was finally located and captured. After a three-day adventure across Toronto and Mississauga, a rare Hyacinth Macaw is back home safe with its owner. 💙The macaw had escaped in Toronto before making its way into Mississauga. Despite many sightings and rescue attempts, the bird managed to evade capture. The… pic.twitter.com/8d9cyBF0Ll— City...

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3 w. ago Canada’s transportation safety board to investigate St. Maarten WestJet hard landing

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says it is sending a team of investigators to the Caribbean island of St. Maarten to investigate the rough landing of a WestJet plane yesterday. The safety board says it will gather information and assess what happened to flight WS2276 from Toronto that experienced a hard landing upon arrival […]

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3 w. ago See the moment Toronto flight's landing gear collapsed touching down in St. Maarten

Multiple videos shared on social media over the weekend show the shocking moment a WestJet flight out of Toronto made a hard landing in St. Maarten, a tropical destination located in the northeastern Caribbean Sea. The incident occurred on Sunday afternoon at the island's Princess Juliana International Airport and involved a WestJet Boeing 737-800 aircraft, operating as flight WS2276 from Toronto Pearson Airport. Videos taken from several angles show the aircraft made a hard landing at 1:31 p.m., resulting in a small cloud of smoke on the runway. The airport confirmed that despite 164 passengers being onboard, no injuries were reported, although three people were taken for medical evaluation out of an abundance of caution. Today a WestJet B-737 had a right main landing gear collapse while landing at St. Marteen. No one was hurt. Jet [Reg. "C-GWSR"] was operating as Flight WS2276, inbound from Toronto. Updates later. pic.twitter.com/a1T7UEprcm&m...

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3 w. ago WestJet flight from Toronto has rough landing in St. Maarten’s airport

WestJet says a flight travelling from Toronto had a rough landing at an airport on the Caribbean island of St. Maarten on Sunday afternoon. The airline issued a statement on their website, saying the flight WS2276 from Toronto experienced a hard landing upon arrival at Princess Juliana International at around 1 p.m. ET. It says […]

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3 w. ago WestJet plane makes ‘hard landing’ Sunday at Sint Maarten airport

WestJet Airlines confirms a flight from Toronto to Sint Maarten, in the Caribbean, made a 'hard landing' and passengers used emergency slides to evacuate the aircraft on Sunday.

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