More than 54 passengers were told to “just get out of the plane” and “evacuate” shortly after they landed in Winnipeg last night after a WestJet plane destined for Toronto was diverted. The Boeing 737-700 was about an hour and a half into its flight from Edmonton when it made an emergency landing at Winnipeg’s… Read More »
It’s been a frustrating week for WestJet and many of its passengers. In recent days, five of the Calgary-based airline’s planes were targeted by hoax threats, the latest on Thursday night on a flight from Las Vegas to Victoria. No explosives were found on any of the aircraft. While the immediate operational costs to WestJet… Read More »
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – On Friday morning, Scottie Scheffler stretched in a jail cell, preparing for a round of golf he didn’t know he’d be able to play. “I didn’t know what time it was. I didn’t know what was going on,” Scheffler said. “When I was sitting in like the holding cell, there was a… Read More »
Influential in field of high-energy physics and much beloved for undergraduate teaching Long-time professor of physics at the University of Colorado Boulder Uriel Nauenberg, widely recognized for his work in high-energy physics and legendary as a teacher of undergraduate students, died Dec. 31, 2019, from complications of Alzheimer’s disease in Palo Alto, California. He was… Read More »
A WestJet flight from Calgary to Victoria was forced to divert to Vancouver on Tuesday after striking a bird while in flight.The collision caused visible damage to the aircraft’s nose. Passenger Brad Weed said the aircraft was seconds away from touchdown in Victoria when it happened. “All of a sudden that’s when I heard just… Read More »
WestJet passengers on a flight diverted to Winnipeg Monday night say they had to make a dramatic exit as soon as they landed on the tarmac. The Toronto-bound flight was travelling from Edmonton around 8:30 pm Monday when it made an unexpected turn and started to descend towards Winnipeg. Passenger Garland Koch says the flight… Read More »
Six passengers were injured after a WestJet flight from Edmonton to Toronto was diverted to Winnipeg on Monday night due to an unspecified threat. The airline says the passengers from Flight 442 were injured during the emergency evacuation from the aircraft, which landed at Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson Airport at about 8:40 p.m. CT Monday.… Read More »
WestJet Group has updated its targeted timeline to complete the integration of Sunwing Airlines (WG, Toronto Pearson) into WestJet (WS, Calgary), delaying it by six months, the company confirmed to ch-aviation. Moving all of Sunwing’s B737-8s and B737-800s to WestJet’s Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC) “has shifted to April 27, 2025, in time to fly a… Read More »
Another bomb threat against a Canadian passenger jet — the fifth such incident in less than a week — resulted in another diverted flight on Wednesday. WestJet Flight 722 from Vancouver was bound for Toronto, but was diverted to Calgary due to the threat, which was done out of an “abundance of caution,” WestJet confirmed… Read More »
Canadian airline provides aircraft to Cargojet, parks others. WestJet has abandoned its scheduled freighter operation and put two of four Boeing 737-800 aircraft in storage one year after launching the business venture, according to the executive in charge of the airline’s cargo operations. The development is a tacit acknowledgement by WestJet that it can’t compete… Read More »
Severe turbulence grounds WestJet flight from Calgary to Phoenix, injures 3 WestJet flight 1402 made an emergency landing in Salt Lake City Friday on route from Calgary to Phoenix, Arizona. The flight left Calgary International Airport in the late morning. It was scheduled to arrive in Phoenix at 2:24 p.m. A company spokesperson confirmed the… Read More »
A WestJet Encore flight from Vancouver to Nanaimo had to be evacuated on the tarmac Tuesday after the cabin started filling with smoke moments before landing. Passengers on Flight 3161 said the smoke began building while the smaller Bombardier Q400 aircraft was approaching Nanaimo Airport. It was getting worse and worse,” said Robin Thacker. “They… Read More »