Toronto Plane crash
 

just seen this on the news, an air france has skidded on runway and is on fire , 200 people on board, not sure if any survivors.

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:( yes, watching it now on Sky News.

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:eek:

Does anyone know whether it was landing or taking off?

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Landing in rain, possibly struck by lightning..... skidded off runway.... nearly hit 401 and went into a ravine. :( Full fuel load, didn't dump, didn't anticipate crash.... looks like brake failure.

http://www.citytv.com/toronto/default.aspx

The site is being slammed, but there is live audio.

http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/pix/pearson_extinguish050802.jpg

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Hi HWB

It was landing from Paris..... although they have just said they don't have numbers of passengers yet :scared:

Rosie

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OMG that is so scary...:(

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All planes grounded, 401 being evacuated.... probably a downdraft or sidewind in an extreme thunderstorm with lightning -- Flight 358 from Paris to Toronto -- capacity 252 passengers -- rain coming down sideways according to witnesses.

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Thanks Rosie.

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There are survivors who escaped to the 401.

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Thank god for that - at least it missed the 40l which would have massive traffic this time of nite!

God what a tragedy!

Nothing on CNN yet - any links?

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CNN has picked it up now - but nothing on any canadian stations that we get!

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http://www.pulse24.com/plugins/live_audio/cp24audio.asx

http://www.pulse24.com/News/Top_Stor...2-013/page.asp

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Pray that this is correct.
Sky News just said that there unconfirmed reports that a local radio station is reporting a lot of survivors.

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That is what the local Toronto stations are saying.

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Just heard the same news on CNN - let's hope that the report is correct!

Those poor families back in france.....I wonder if they even realize it's happened with the time difference?