Narrow Escape: Passengers Forced To Evacuate As Two Planes Collide Inside Airport, Catch Fire (Photo)

Posted by Samuel on Sat 06th Jan, 2018 - tori.ng

Two planes have collided inside an airport, sparking fire and causing a forced evacuation through emergency slides.

The planes collided and sparked fire
 
According to a report by the Los Angeles Times, many passengers were forced to evacuate via emergency slides in the frigid cold Friday night after two planes collided on the ground at Toronto's Pearson International Airport.
 
No injuries have been reported.
 
WestJet said an inbound from Cancun, Mexico, with 168 passengers and a crew of six was stationary and waiting to go to a gate when it was struck by a Sunwing Airlines plane moving back from a gate.
 
Video footage from the WestJet plane shows flames on the wing of the Sunwing plane. Passengers are heard screaming.
 
Spokeswoman Lauren Stewart said the WestJet passengers were evacuated via emergency slides and all were safely in the terminal and clearing Customs shortly after the collision.
 
"Due to the position of the aircraft on the laneway, WestJet guests required evacuation via emergency slide. Emergency crews were on hand and responded immediately," WestJet said in a statement.
 
Sunwing said there were no crew members or passengers aboard its aircraft. It was being towed at the time of the incident.
 
The Greater Toronto Airports Authority said fire crews extinguished a small fire on the Sunwing aircraft and some flight operations were affected by the incident
 
Canada's Transportation Safety Board said it is investigating.
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