A WestJet flight from Calgary to Brandon on Monday afternoon abruptly aborted its landing at Brandon Municipal Airport, a few minutes from touching down. One of the passengers on board, who described the incident to the Sun, said it occurred around 1:05 p.m. The passenger, who asked not to be named, said the flight had… Read More »
A WestJet flight heading to Calgary had to make an emergency landing in northern B.C. Monday due to an incident involving an “unruly passenger,” Mounties say. According to the RCMP, officers were called at about noon about “a disruptive passenger” on board the flight. The plane turned back to Terrace and conducted its emergency landing.… Read More »
TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s second largest airline, WestJet, said it canceled 407 flights affecting 49,000 passengers after the maintenance workers union announced it went on strike. The Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association said its members started to strike Friday evening because the airline’s “unwillingness to negotiate with the union” made it inevitable. The surprise strike affecting… Read More »
Toronto — Canada’s second largest airline, WestJet, said Sunday that it canceled more than 800 flights affecting tens of thousands of passengers as an unexpected strike by plane mechanics entered its third day. Around 680 workers, whose daily inspections and repairs are essential to airline operations, walked off the job Friday evening, despite a directive… Read More »
In a concerning incident on Tuesday, a WestJet flight en route from Calgary to Victoria was forced to make an unexpected landing in Vancouver after the aircraft encountered a bird strike mid-air. The flight, numbered 209, was nearing its destination when the bird strike occurred, prompting the pilots to take precautionary measures. According to a… Read More »
A WestJet Encore flight travelling from Vancouver to Nanaimo made an emergency landing at its destination after smoke was spotted in the cabin on Tuesday. Flight 3161, a Bombardier Q400 that was carrying 56 guests and two crew members, was in the air when the smoke was noticed in both the cabin and the flight… Read More »
WestJet says multiple days of frigid temperatures in the Prairies are having a “compounding” impact on operations. The airline was forced to cancel at least 120 flights on Sunday. It has cancelled at least 464 flights since Thursday, according to a post on the company’s website. Extreme cold rendered de-icing fluid ineffective in some western… Read More »
A routine WestJet flight from Calgary to Toronto turned into an unexpected detour on Friday when a medical emergency forced the aircraft to make an unscheduled landing in Regina. The incident marked the first time a Boeing 787 Dreamliner touched down at Regina International Airport (YQR), drawing the swift attention of emergency services and airport… Read More »
A strike by WestJet plane mechanics forced the airline to cancel hundreds more flights on Sunday, upending the plans of roughly 110,000 travellers over the Canada Day long weekend and prompting the carrier to demand action from the federal government. Some 680 workers, whose daily inspections and repairs are essential to airline operations, walked off… Read More »
A University of Wisconsin-Whitewater student was fatally shot late Friday night near campus, marking the fifth college student death in a week as the new academic year begins. Whitewater police found 21-year-old Kara Welsh of Plainfield, Illinois, with multiple gunshot wounds in an apartment near Main and Whitewater streets. A 23-year-old man, also in the… Read More »
WestJet flight WS3252 was forced to divert to Kelowna International Airport (YLW) after suffering an engine failure shortly after takeoff. The Dash 8-Q400 was flying from Kamloops (YKA) to Calgary (YYC) and was operated on behalf of WestJet by its regional subsidiary, WestJet Encore. The aircraft had not long finished its climb out of Kamloops… Read More »
On Friday afternoon, tragedy struck the University of Colorado (CU) community when a student was found dead off-campus. The student, identified as Jeremiah Park, was described by university officials as “a rising junior” who had a bright future ahead of him. The University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder) promptly responded to the heartbreaking news by… Read More »