Pesawat Boeing 737-800 dirempuh, 168 penumpang selamat

Astro Awani
Januari 6, 2018 11:26 MYT

Kesemua 168 penumpang dan enam anak kapal WestJet dipindahkan menggunakan gelongsor kecemasan. - Foto Twitter.com / Lisa Nadalin

Lapangan Terbang Pearson, Toronto kecoh pada Jumaat apabila sebuah pesawat yang membawa 168 penumpang dan enam anak kapal dirempuh sebuah pesawat yang sedang ditunda.

Bagaimanapun, tiada kemalangan jiwa dilaporkan dan kesemua penumpang dan anak kapal berjaya dipindahkan dengan selamat.

Insiden yang berlaku jam 6.19 petang waktu tempatan itu melibatkan pesawat WestJet Boeing 737-800 yang baru mendarat dan pesawat Sunwing yang tidak mempunyai penumpang.

“Memandangkan kedudukan pesawat yang berada di landasan, penumpang WestJet dipindahkan menggunakan gelongsor keselamatan," ujar WestJet menerusi akaun Twitter rasminya.

Due to the position of the aircraft on the laneway, WestJet guests required evacuation via emergency slide. Emergency crews were on hand and responded immediately.
— WestJet (@WestJet) January 6, 2018

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WestJet is in direct contact with the Transportation Safety Board, the GTAA and the various emergency agencies responsible for responding to, and investigating, this incident.
— WestJet (@WestJet) January 6, 2018

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We will provide regular updates as more information becomes available.
— WestJet (@WestJet) January 6, 2018

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Update 1 [18:36 MT] - All 168 guests and six crew are accounted for. We can confirm guests are safely in the terminal and they are in the process of clearing customs.
— WestJet (@WestJet) January 6, 2018

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WestJet has confirmed that WS2425, a Boeing 737-800 with 168 guests and six crew onboard, inbound from Cancun to Toronto Pearson, while waiting to proceed to the gate and stationary, was struck by a Sunwing aircraft pushing back from the gate.
— WestJet (@WestJet) January 6, 2018

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Pesawat berkenaan dilaporkan baru tiba dari Mexico dan tidak bergerak ketika insiden berlaku.

Jurucakap Lapangan Terbang Pearson berkata bomba dan pasukan keselamatan bertindak balas dengan segera sejurus menerima laporan di Terminal 3.

Sementara itu, Syarikat Sunwing memaklumkan, pesawatnya ditunda oleh penyedia perkhidmatan pengendalian dan tiada penumpang atau anak kapal berada di dalamnya.

We are aware of an incident that occurred shortly after 6pm this evening at Toronto Pearson Airport where a Sunwing aircraft, under tow by our ground handling service provider, came into contact with another aircraft.
— Sunwing Vacations (@SunwingVacay) January 6, 2018

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There were no Sunwing crew or passengers onboard at the time of the incident. We are awaiting further information from Swissport and will provide more details as they become available.
— Sunwing Vacations (@SunwingVacay) January 6, 2018

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Punca kejadian sedang dalam siasatan.

Dalam pada itu, saksi turut sama berkongsi gambar insiden di tempat kejadian.

Transportation Safety Board of Canada deploys investigators to Toronto Pearson Airport; now on scene. Empty Sunwing Boeing 737-800 tail pushed into wing of Westjet #WS2425 Boeing 737-800 from Cancun; 174 people on board, evacuated via slides. One person suffered back injury. pic.twitter.com/Yp6SbGXvJk
— Tom Podolec (@TomPodolec) January 6, 2018

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@SunwingVacay plane caught fire beside our @WestJet plane as we were almost ready to leave!! #smellslikesmoke guess we won be leaving anytime soon pic.twitter.com/6K4tuxpuHG
— Lisa Nadalin (@LisaannArts) January 5, 2018

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#Boeing #Canada #kemalangan #lapangan terbang #Lapangan Terbang Pearson #Mexico #Nahas #pesawat #rempuh #Toronto #tunda

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