Airlines collide in Toronto airport tarmac, one injured
Toronto, Jan 6 (IBNS): Two airlines collided in Toronto Pearson International Airport tarmac on Friday night leading to the injury of one in one of the planes, media reports said.
Sunwing aircraft, which had no passengers and crew members, backed in the airport and collided with WestJet Flight 2425.
WestJet, which was coming from Cancun, had 168 passengers and six crew on board.
Representative for the Greater Toronto Airport Authority, Beverly Macdonald, said an investigation is underway.
Though no one was injured in WestJet Flight, one members of the Toronto Pearson Fire and Emergency Service received an injury. The injured person was immediately taken to a hospital.
The collision occurred at a time the temperature in Toronto is ranging between -20 and -26 degree overnight. The low temperature turned out to be challenging for the operation of the airlines at the present moment.
The airport authority told CBC News that the operations have not largely been affected by the collision.
(Reporting by Suman Das)
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