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08-02-2005, 02:54 PM
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Passenger jet in flames at Toronto airport
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A passenger jet burst into flames after apparently skidding off the runway at Toronto's Pearson International Airport.
Few details are known, and there is no word on whether there are any casualties.
Police indicate the aircraft was an Air France jet that was trying to land when it ran into trouble.
"An Air France plane landing on runway 2-4 left went off the end of the runway the area of Convert Drive and the 401 area in Mississauga," said Sgt. Glyn Griffiths.
He couldn't say whether there were any injuries or if any passengers had been removed from the plane, but said there's been a full response by all emergency vehicles.
Live television pictures show flames and smoke billowing from the aircraft in a tree-filled area near the airport.
CTV Toronto's Jim Junkin reports that 200 people are thought to have been on board.
Severe thunderstorms were hitting the area at the time of the accident. Witness Mark Yppelar told CTV Newsnet that he saw heavy lightning strikes in the area before he saw the aircraft on fire.
The Greater Toronto Airport Authority is expected to hold a press conference at 5 p.m. ET.
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Passenger jet in flames at Toronto airport
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A passenger jet burst into flames after apparently skidding off the runway at Toronto's Pearson International Airport.
Few details are known, and there is no word on whether there are any casualties.
Police indicate the aircraft was an Air France jet that was trying to land when it ran into trouble.
"An Air France plane landing on runway 2-4 left went off the end of the runway the area of Convert Drive and the 401 area in Mississauga," said Sgt. Glyn Griffiths.
He couldn't say whether there were any injuries or if any passengers had been removed from the plane, but said there's been a full response by all emergency vehicles.
Live television pictures show flames and smoke billowing from the aircraft in a tree-filled area near the airport.
CTV Toronto's Jim Junkin reports that 200 people are thought to have been on board.
Severe thunderstorms were hitting the area at the time of the accident. Witness Mark Yppelar told CTV Newsnet that he saw heavy lightning strikes in the area before he saw the aircraft on fire.
The Greater Toronto Airport Authority is expected to hold a press conference at 5 p.m. ET.
More later