Plane misses runway, aflame at Toronto airport
Posted on: Tuesday, 2 August 2005, 16:04 CDT
TORONTO (Reuters) - An Air France plane was on fire after apparently skidding off the runway at Toronto's Pearson International Airport, aviation officials said on Tuesday.
A ticket agent in Montreal with Air France said the plane was its AF358 flight from Paris to Toronto, an Airbus A340 . "That's all we know," the agent said.
Witnesses told Canadian television stations that the plane, configured for 252 passengers, had apparently skidded off the runway after coming in to land in rainy conditions.
It was too early to say what might have caused the plane to miss the end of the runway.
Live TV pictures showed smoke and flames coming from the fuselage of the plane, which was off the end of a runway lying close to a main traffic artery.
Source: REUTERS
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