An Air Canada plane had a collision with a fuel tanker in the early hours of Friday May 10th. The plane was operated by Jazz Aviation on behalf of Air Canada Express. This incident took place at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport as the aircraft made its way to Terminal 1. Five passengers had injuries from the incident which took place around 1:36 a.m. local time.
The aircraft involved was a DHC-8-300 and was originally going to Sudbury. After take-off, the aircraft made a return to Toronto Pearson. This was due to foggy conditions at the destination airport. Flight AC8615 with 50 passengers aboard was taxiing to a gate when the fuel tanker struck the plane.
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