Sunwing plane clips WestJet plane at Toronto airport, sparking fire
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Sunwing said in a statement that no passengers or crew were on board its aircraft at the time or the collision, and that the incident occurred while the plane was “under tow.”
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Jan 6th, 2018 12:38 am
And I'm sure a lot of them were caught offguard. Most people know that the most dangerous parts of a flight are takeoff and landing -- because if those go wrong, they go very wrong very fast. The people on the WestJet plane had already been through a successful takeoff, i assume an incident-free level flight (maybe some turbulence, but that doesn't matter here), a successful landing in Toronto (despite icy runways etc which I'm sure you'd be nervous about), and a successful taxi to ramp (so they didn't get T-boned by a plane on the wrong runway, that kind of disaster). So with the plane already on the ramp and almost at the gate you're 99.99% confident there won't be danger anymore. This was that 0.01%.PointsHubby wrote: ↑ I think that being in the WestJet and looking out the window at a plane that hit yours / touched and on fire would be terrifying... knowing that yours is loaded with Pax & Fuel... and you have few options on where to go quickly to escape
Jan 6th, 2018 3:12 am
Good PointsEastGTARedFlagger wrote: ↑ And I'm sure a lot of them were caught offguard. Most people know that the most dangerous parts of a flight are takeoff and landing -- because if those go wrong, they go very wrong very fast. The people on the WestJet plane had already been through a successful takeoff, i assume an incident-free level flight (maybe some turbulence, but that doesn't matter here), a successful landing in Toronto (despite icy runways etc which I'm sure you'd be nervous about), and a successful taxi to ramp (so they didn't get T-boned by a plane on the wrong runway, that kind of disaster). So with the plane already on the ramp and almost at the gate you're 99.99% confident there won't be danger anymore. This was that 0.01%.
Jan 6th, 2018 9:01 am
It wasn't sunwing's fault it was being towed by a company that was in a labor dispute or still is in one. Also Air Canada costs alot more and one of their better pilots almost crashed into a plane last year almost killing hundreds.PointsHubby wrote: ↑ Another big on Sunwing’s Safety Record
https://www.aeroinside.com/incidents/airline/sunwing
And still people figure saving money is the most important aspect to their Travel Plans
I think that being in the WestJet and looking out the window at a plane that hit yours / touched and on fire would be terrifying... knowing that yours is loaded with Pax & Fuel... and you have few options on where to go quickly to escape
Sooo lucky this did not turn out worse
ADD / EDIT - The WestJet plane had just arrived inbound from Cancun.
Jan 6th, 2018 10:33 am
I'm neutral regarding Air Canada but given their problems/bad luck landing in San Francisco I'd avoid that particular destination with them just for my own peace-of-mind. But that's one destination out of dozens/hundreds and not grounds to totally exclude them as an option to go anywhere else. Given their bad luck I'd totally avoid Malaysian for the same reason. Travel is stressful enough, if you can eliminate any more sources of it, you do it.
Jan 6th, 2018 1:40 pm
PointsHubby wrote: ↑Another big on Sunwing’s Safety Record
That's right. It was not Sunwing's fault, but the ground company Swissport which handles many airlines. It could've easily be another airline's plane they were towing.
Jan 6th, 2018 4:29 pm
Jan 6th, 2018 5:21 pm
The Westjet aircraft was stationary and waiting to go to a gate when it was clipped by an empty Sunwing aircraft that was being towed by the airline’s ground handling service (Swissport) back from a gate.
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Jan 7th, 2018 11:39 pm
Ya I heard that too in the aftermath.
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Jan 8th, 2018 6:06 pm
We were at the back of a coach one time, when the driver suddenly stopped at the shoulder, with smoke coming from the back. He asked everyone to get off the bus. Many people were trying to take their belongings from the top, from under the seat, etc., and delayed going out. We at the back were yelling at those in the front to get out asap.
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