homeschoolmom Posted August 2, 2005 Posted August 2, 2005 [url="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,164534,00.html"]http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,164534,00.html[/url] Jet Catches Fire After Skidding Off Runway at Toronto Airport Tuesday, August 02, 2005 TORONTO — A passenger jet has caught fire after reportedly skidding off a runway at Toronto's Pearson International Airport. According to reports, black smoke billowed from the wreckage as the aircraft burned. Police said the plane was an Air France passenger jet that was trying to land when it ran into trouble. According to reports, the plane had around 200 passengers on board.
Ash Wednesday Posted August 2, 2005 Posted August 2, 2005 A Toronto radio station reported some passengers were seen climbing from the plane, and that most of the others had been safely evacuated. So hopefully casualties will be minimal or none.
Didacus Posted August 2, 2005 Posted August 2, 2005 Terrible as it is, for the least it is an unintentional event (apparently). Prayers for everyone near by... May the Lord keep everyone safe and well.
Ash Wednesday Posted August 2, 2005 Posted August 2, 2005 Air France has announced that there are no fatalities in the crash!
homeschoolmom Posted August 2, 2005 Author Posted August 2, 2005 I'm so relieved that it seems to have been an accident.
SRMartin15 Posted August 2, 2005 Posted August 2, 2005 Thank God there were no fatalities. God Bless, Sean
philothea Posted August 2, 2005 Posted August 2, 2005 [quote name='Ash Wednesday' date='Aug 2 2005, 05:21 PM']Air France has announced that there are no fatalities in the crash! [right][snapback]668948[/snapback][/right] [/quote] Woohoo! In a few days my in-laws are all flying back from Europe and switching planes in Toronto. I suppose statistically they're safer now....?
Mrvoll Posted August 2, 2005 Posted August 2, 2005 It was all over my 5 TV statisons. Thank God nobody died.
God Conquers Posted August 3, 2005 Posted August 3, 2005 I hope this is cleared up by Thursday... I'm flying to TO... I'm not cold or selfish or anything... I'm definately glad everyone's safe.... I just REALLY want to go to Europe.
DemonSlayer Posted August 3, 2005 Posted August 3, 2005 I hope there are no problems with any planes taking WYD pilgrims.
cappie Posted August 3, 2005 Posted August 3, 2005 Priest aboard crash jet calls survival a miracle A Tanzanian priest aboard the Air France jet that crashed in Toronto and burst into flames yesterday said he was "prepared for death", adding that he considered the passengers' survival a "miracle" and that he is "grateful to God that he heard and answered [his] prayers". "I was actually prepared for death. I said, 'God, we are dying. Save us God.' That was my last prayer," Fr Ayub Mwampela told The Catholic Register in Toronto a day after the crash, which occurred in the early hours of Wednesday morning Australian time. As Fr Mwampela was praying, passengers around him began to shout. Panic mushroomed inside the plane as people realised something was very wrong. Passengers had gone from applauding the crew for a difficult landing to the grip of fear. Fr Mwampela said the crew was "wise". When the plane stopped moving, flight attendants reassured passengers and tried to keep them calm as they opened doors to funnel people out of the plane. The reassurances and instructions from the crew prevented a crush of people jamming the doors, Fr Mwampela said. When Fr Mwampela jumped from the hulk of the jet onto the banks of Etobicoke Creek, he and other passengers found themselves near a bridge on Highway 401, Canada's largest, busiest highway. As rain turned every surface slick and slippery, Fr Mwampela and other passengers climbed onto the road surface and were picked up by passing commuters. "There were some good Samaritans who took us to the place where we could be directed where to go," said Fr Mwampela. Loaded onto buses and taken back to the airport, Fr Mwampela said he spoke with passengers annoyed with how long it was taking for them to be reunited with people who came to pick them up. "There were some people who were very angry, actually. I was telling them, 'No, you should cool down,'" Fr Mwampela said. "They were angry because people were waiting at the airport and they were delaying them. I said, 'No, what they (members of the flight crew) have done, actually we should praise them, the way they communicated.'" Fr Mwampela, who is studying for a licentiate in social communications at the Gregorian University in Rome, woke the next morning to headlines declaring the passengers' escape a miracle. "For me it is actually a miracle, and I am grateful to God that he heard and answered my prayers," Fr Mwampela said. "When all of us came out of the plane safely ... it was a miracle, I think." Fr Mwampela is in Canada for a two-month internship with The Catholic Register national newspaper. He will return to Rome to complete his degree, then take up duties as director of communications in the Mbeya Diocese in southern Tanzania. Air France Flight 358 was to be the last plane allowed to land in Toronto just after 4 p.m. Tuesday local time as lightening, rain, hail and wind swept through the city. Winds were blowing about 35 miles per hour, but conditions were good enough for a normal landing, according to officials at Toronto's Pearson International Airport. SOURCE Priest aboard jet that crashed in Canada was 'prepared for death' (Catholic News Service 3/8/05)
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