De-icing fluid gets into plane’s A/C, woman taken to hospital, flight grounded
CALGARY — A WestJet flight going to Houston from Calgary was grounded and a woman aboard a plane was taken to hospital after being exposed to de-icing fluid.
The company says crews were de-icing the aircraft when the fluid got into the air conditioning system and smoke appeared in the cabin.
Emergency Medical Services says they were called to Calgary International Airport at around 7:20 a.m. Sunday to treat a woman working on the flight.
EMS spokesman Adam Loria says the woman was taken to hospital in stable, non-life threatening condition.