2 planes collide at Toronto Pearson airport (They were both on the ground)

[applegrove]

http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/toronto/planes-collide-pearson-1.4475958

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Two planes collided at Toronto Pearson airport on Friday night, the Greater Toronto Airport Authority said. 

A WestJet Boeing 737-800 aircraft had 168 passengers and six crew on board, and was stationary while waiting to proceed to the gate when the collision occurred, according to WestJet. 

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MacDonald also said the WestJet craft was clipped by the Sunwing plane as the latter backed out from a gate. The Sunwing plane caught fire.

Pearson authorities confirmed fire and emergency services responded and passengers were evacuated via an emergency slide.


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[True Dough]

1. It would be hard not to push the panic button

A plane catching fire when a bunch of other planes surround it, many with full fuel tanks. Even though it wasn't a midair collision, there was plenty of potential for a major disaster there. Glad it was averted.

Someone is going to catch hell for this though.

[Suburban Warrior]

2. WestJet

Is everyone here familiar with the WestJet Christmas Miracle videos? They are quite good.

https://www.westjet.com/en-ca/about-us/story/christmas-miracle

[shenmue]

3. Ouch