Air Canada Jet Makes Emergency Landing in Calgary After 9 Injured in Flight
Posted on: Thursday, 10 January 2008, 15:00 CST
By THE CANADIAN PRESS
CALGARY - Nine people on board an Air Canada jet were hurt - some seriously - Thursday morning when their flight from Victoria to Toronto encountered turbulence.
The Airbus A319 made an unscheduled landing in Calgary, where the injured were whisked off the plane on stretchers into waiting ambulances.
"The City of Calgary Emergency Medical Services has transported a total of six patients to area hospitals with stable but potentially life-threatening (injuries)," said Stuart Brideaux of Calgary Emergency Medical Services.
"That would include injuries to do with the neck and back or other muscular skeletal-type injuries."
Brideaux said three more passengers on flight AC190 had minor injuries.
The airline did not immediately release any details on the cause of the trouble.
A Calgary police spokesman said he also understood the flight had encountered turbulence.
Emergency officials said the plane was carrying 86 passengers and five crew. An Air Canada news release said the preliminary passenger list indicated it was carrying only 83 passengers.
The aircraft landed without incident at Calgary International Airport just after 8 a.m. and was immediately surrounded by 19 ambulances and other emergency vehicles.
The rough flight was the second in Canada in recent months. In September, nine people were hurt and three sent to hospital after a Halifax-bound WestJet flight hit turbulence with little warning.
Passengers described people who were standing up or not buckled in being tossed about and lifted out of their seats.
While they said it felt like the plane fell several hundred metres, the airline said data indicated the altitude drop was about 20 metres.
Transport Canada said that in that case, it appeared the flight crew followed proper procedure.
Source: Canadian Press
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