Airplane crash in Toronto

[Red Squirrel]

This just in, a plane skidded off the runway and is curently in flames. I can't find any info online yet but Global or other news channels are most likely covering it right now. Looks like a weather related issue, and not terrorists, but it's not confirmed yet. This plane was a scheduled flight from France.


More news:

http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-1191024,00.html

A plane carrying around 200 people is engulfed in flames after crashing, trapping scores of passengers inside.

The Air France plane crashed into a ravine after apparently overshooting the end of a runway at Toronto's Pearson Airport during thunder storms.

Huge plumes of smoke billowed from the plane as it lay near the edge Canada's busiest motorway.

One witness said she saw a large section of the jet plummet to the earth before the rest turned into a fireball as it attempted to land.

Around an hour after the first explosion, a second one prompted authorities to begin an evacuation of the area.

Flight AF358 was at the end of its flight from the French capital Paris to Toronto when it crashed; witnesses said it had been hit by lighting.

There was no immediate word on any injuries or deaths but one man said his wife had survived the flames.

Other onlookers said they saw the pilot, co-pilot and a number of passengers making their way off the plane.

A spokesman for Air France said it was not known how many people were on the Airbus A340, but media reports said that around up to 200 people were on board.

Peason International Airport, one of the busiest in the world, was said to have been under a red alert all day following violent storms and winds of 60mph.

Last Updated: 22:51 UK, Tuesday August 02, 2005

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[Red Squirrel]

http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=75591

TORONTO: An Air France plane was on fire past midnight Tuesday after apparently skidding off the runway at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport where weather conditions had dipped.

In Montreal, an Air France ticket agent said the plane was its flight from Paris to Toronto, an Airbus A340.

Witnesses told Canadian TV stations that the plane, configured for 252 passengers, had apparently skidded off the runway after coming in to land in rainy conditions. Smoke was billowing from the plane. Reuters

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