ottawa airport gradually seeing return to normal after storms, toronto crash
'it has been a crazy few days.'
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a delta air lines plane sits on its roof after crashing upon landing at the toronto pearson airport on feb. 17, 2025.
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flight activity at the ottawa international airport was gradually returning to normal tuesday afternoon.
the two wild snowstorms that dumped more than 70 centimetres of snow on the city, coupled with the devastating crash landing of a delta flight at toronto’s pearson international airport on monday, had created a series of delays for days on end.
“it has been a crazy few days,” krista kealey, vice-president, communications and public consultation for the ottawa international airport authority, said tuesday afternoon. “we’re still dealing with some of the residual effects of the storms and a few delays due to toronto.”
kealey says there has been a “ripple effect” throughout north america as the flight industry adjusts to so much upheaval.
after the delta flight crash landed, burst into flames and flipped on its back on a runway at pearson airport, all arrivals and departures were shut down for hours.
eleven flights originally scheduled to land at pearson were diverted to ottawa. the planes landed in ottawa between 3 p.m. and 4:20 p.m. following the crash in toronto that occurred just after 2 p.m.
kealey said “things are starting to move again” by 6:30 p.m. on monday.
“most of the (diverted) flights were able to leave monday night,” kealey said. “a couple off loaded, but some were just gas and go.”
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