Air Canada flight diverts to Calgary; reports of up to 20 injured on board

Details
Category: Canada News
Published Wednesday, December 30, 2015
CTV News

An Air Canada flight from Shanghai to Toronto has been diverted to Calgary after reports of injuries caused by turbulence.

See Full Article

A spokeswoman for the Calgary Fire Department told The Canadian Press up to 20 people may have suffered neck and back injuries due to turbulence.

A local EMS official told CTV Calgary that a flight has reported “multiple injured patients aboard.”

Flight AC88 was en route from Shanghai’s Pudong International airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport and was scheduled to land at 6:45 p.m. EST.

The flight landed in Calgary around 3:15 p.m. local time.

Developing story…

Injured passengers being stretchered out of airport. #ctvcalgary#ac88pic.twitter.com/QKnny8tRH2

— Rahim Ladhani (@RLadhaniCTV) December 30, 2015


Advertisements

Latest Canada & World News

  • U.S. warship collides with tanker near Singapore; 10 missing

    World News CTV News
    SINGAPORE -- A U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer collided with a tanker early Monday in waters east of Singapore and the Straits of Malacca, and at least 10 sailors are missing. The Navy said five others were hurt. Source

  • U.S. prof killed boyfriend as part of sexual fantasy: prosecutors

    World News CTV News
    CHICAGO -- The fatal stabbing of a hairstylist in Chicago was part of a sexual fantasy hatched in an online chatroom between a Northwestern University professor and an Oxford University employee, whose plan included killing someone and then themselves, prosecutors told a Cook County judge Sunday at a bond hearing for the men. Source

  • 10 missing after U.S. warship collides with tanker near Singapore

    World News CBC News
    A U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer collided with a tanker early Monday in waters east of Singapore and the Straits of Malacca, and at least 10 sailors are missing. The Navy said five others were hurt.Captain, 2 others on U.S. Source

  • Anti-fascist groups hurl chairs, bottles, bricks in clash with far-right protesters in Quebec City [Photos]

    Canada News Toronto Sun
    Just one week after a white supremacist protest erupted in violence that injured several people and took a woman’s life in Charlottesville, Va., the far-right group La Meute and counter-protesters clashed in Quebec City on Sunday, with some throwing chairs, wine bottles and bricks. Source

  • Evacuation order lifted after B.C. wildfire destroys dozens of homes

    Canada News CTV News
    WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. -- Hundreds of people are being allowed to return to Loon Lake, B.C., more than a month after flames forced them from their homes and destroyed dozens of buildings in the community. Source

  • Trump to talk U.S. strategy on Afghanistan, South Asia in address Monday night

    World News CBC News
    U.S. President Donald Trump will lay out a new strategy for the war in Afghanistan in a prime-time television address Monday night, according to a White House statement Sunday. The statement said Trump will be in Fort Myer in Arlington, Va. Source

  • Solar eclipse transforms tiny Oregon town into red hot tourist destination

    World News CBC News
    On a large map mounted on a barn wall, hundreds of visitors are pushing pins to mark their hometowns. The pins cover the globe, literally from Botswana to Barrie, Ont., which is where Marc Francis sticks his red pin. Source

  • 'A genius comedian': Hollywood says goodbye to Jerry Lewis

    World News CBC News
    Comedians in Hollywood are paying tribute to one of their own and a trailblazer in slapstick, Jerry Lewis. Ontario-born Jim Carrey credited Lewis with being a major influence on his career. "That fool was no dummy. Source

  • Justin Trudeau takes aim at 'racist' rallies, urges trust in immigration system [Video]

    Canada News Toronto Sun
    MONTREAL — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canadians should maintain confidence in the immigration system even as thousands of asylum seekers continue to pour into the country. Speaking to reporters Sunday, Trudeau said that none of those walking across the United States border would receive any special advantages in their quest to come to Canada, stressing to Canadians and would-be refugees alike that border hoppers must go through the usual security checks and immigration…

  • 'Get some stability': Kasich wants Trump to stop the White House staff churn

    World News CBC News
    Republican Ohio Gov. John Kasich urged President Donald Trump on Sunday to stop the staff chaos at the White House and "build a team." Kasich appeared on CNN's State of the Union two days after strategist Steve Bannon became the latest to leave Trump's staff, and is among those who fear the turnover is hampering Trump's ability to notch a major legislative victory. Source