Transportation Safety Board investigation underway into collision between 2 planes
TORONTO — The Transportation Safety Board’s investigation into a collision between two planes will examine whether a major airline followed its evacuation protocols, a spokesman said Saturday.
Officials say an empty Sunwing plane that was being towed struck a WestJet aircraft, which was carrying 168 passengers and six crew members, while both planes were on the tarmac at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport on Friday evening.
A spokeswoman for WestJet said everybody was safely evacuated from the plane via emergency slides and nobody on board was injured.
But passengers have offered accounts of confusion aboard the plane and allegations that procedures were not clearly communicated.