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passengers onboard burning plane !
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ஐ+*¨^¨*+e+*¨^¨*+ஐ Mildred Honkinbottom | Report | 2 Aug 2005 21:48 |
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http://www(.)sky(.)com/skynews/article/0,,30000-1191024,00(.)html |
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Unknown | Report | 2 Aug 2005 21:53 |
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Oh my God that is horrible, please please let their be a way out of that. |
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ஐ+*¨^¨*+e+*¨^¨*+ஐ Mildred Honkinbottom | Report | 2 Aug 2005 21:53 |
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Around 200 passengers are trapped on board a plane which has skidded of a runway in Canada and burst into flames. The plane, believed to be an Air France jet, crashed into a ravine after apparently careering off the end of a runway at Toronto's Pearson Airport. Huge plumes of smoke billowed from the plane, which was engulfed in flames on the edge of Canada's busiest motorway. |
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Unknown | Report | 2 Aug 2005 21:54 |
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Oh God - that's horrible. |
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Nana Anna | Report | 2 Aug 2005 21:55 |
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Sh*t! My sister in law is flying back to Canada today where did you get this news? Anna |
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Cougarjo | Report | 2 Aug 2005 21:57 |
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I've looked on major news websites but there's not much info at the moment. Will have to 'watch this space'. Hoping there will be good news. Joanne |
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Unknown | Report | 2 Aug 2005 21:58 |
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oh dear this is dreadful - not more can be said. |
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AnninGlos | Report | 2 Aug 2005 22:02 |
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Sounds horrific. just watching BBC news, nothing on there yet. ann Glos |
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~ Maryclare | Report | 2 Aug 2005 22:02 |
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its on my local station now, just waiting for them to update.... |
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ஐ+*¨^¨*+e+*¨^¨*+ஐ Mildred Honkinbottom | Report | 2 Aug 2005 22:03 |
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bit more on sky site Emergency crews on the scene poured jets of water on to the flames, assisted by rains. Witnesses said the plane may have been hit by lighting. There was no immediate word on any injuries or deaths but one man said his wife had survived the flames. Other onlookers said they saw some terrified passengers making their way off the plane. A spokesman for Air France said it was not known how many people were on the Airbus A340, but that the capacity was around 200 crew and passengers. Sky news website http://www(.)sky(.)com/skynews/article/0,,30000-1191024,00(.)html |
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AnninGlos | Report | 2 Aug 2005 22:06 |
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They had a picture and I think he said it had arrived from Paris. Ann Glos |
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~ Maryclare | Report | 2 Aug 2005 22:10 |
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plane was hit by lightning on landing. lost power .no word on injuries yet |
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~ Maryclare | Report | 2 Aug 2005 22:14 |
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flight 358 from paris |
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~ Maryclare | Report | 2 Aug 2005 22:20 |
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291 including crew on board. so far 60 are safe |
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~ Maryclare | Report | 2 Aug 2005 22:32 |
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they THINK they got every one off !! please let that be true |
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ஐ+*¨^¨*+e+*¨^¨*+ஐ Mildred Honkinbottom | Report | 2 Aug 2005 22:34 |
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what a miracle if they have |
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Lilly the flower | Report | 2 Aug 2005 22:46 |
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Elaine, thankyou for your updates, I have been trying to keep an eye on this, its a bit hard at present. On Sky web, its saying 'second explosion' has prompted authorities to begin an evacuation of the area. I believe they can evacuation a plane in 90 seconds, lets hope that they were in a position to be able to do that, and everyone is alright.......Lilly |
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Cougarjo | Report | 2 Aug 2005 22:54 |
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Hospitals in the Toronto area have started receiving injured passengers |
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~ Maryclare | Report | 2 Aug 2005 22:56 |
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the passengers who got off first walked on to the highway 401 drivers stopped to help and get people to hospital highway now closed. so far no fatalities. |
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Unknown | Report | 2 Aug 2005 22:56 |
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There's a video clip of the motorway, cars and lorries driving by with a very unclear picture of the plane with smoke coming from it. The commentary said the plane cracked into two halves when it landed. I think we've had enough bad news to last us the whole of this month now. Nell |
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