A plane flying from Calgary to Atlanta Monday afternoon was forced to turn around due to a medical emergency involving the pilot. WestJet flight 1590 landed safely at Calgary International Airport at 1:12 p.m. Monday, just less than about an hour after taking off, according to public flight logs. The Boeing 737 MAX 8 plane… Read More »
Aryna Sabalenka will have to deal with a boisterous New York crowd when she faces home hope Jessica Pegula in Saturday’s US Open final. World number two Sabalenka is into the final at Flushing Meadows for the second year in a row. However, the Belarusian struggled to deal with the crowd when she lost to… Read More »
Jack Draper says being sick on court in his US Open semi-final defeat was “the worst feeling ever”, but he believes Grand Slam success is “just a matter of time”. The Briton vomited three times during his 7-5 7-6 (7-3) 6-2 defeat by world number one Jannik Sinner in New York. Reaching the last four… Read More »
Canadian carrier WestJet Airlines plans to add three more leased Boeing 737 Max 8s to its fleet, for a total of nine of the narrowbodies added in the past six months. WestJet said on 6 September that it will acquire the aircraft through Irish lessor SMBC Aviation Capital, as part of a strategy to offset… Read More »
If there’s anything people can agree on these days, it’s that flying sucks. And between the delays and cancellations, extreme turbulence, and jets literally falling apart in the sky, it seems that some people have had about enough of flying experiences getting ostensibly worse instead of better. Which may partially explain the online roasting of… Read More »
“Bill’s impact on our campus cannot be overstated,” said d’Andre Willis, the fifth campus architect at CU Boulder. “He had a passion for the sense of place created by our warm sandstone buildings, their limestone details and red tile roofs, and the welcoming quadrangles and shaded walks that tie the buildings together.” Deno held both… Read More »
WestJet, the little airline that could, has become a major player in the North American airline industry. The successful enterprise began as the dream of Clive Beddoe, a Calgary businessman who spent a portion of his spare time as a recreational pilot. In the early 1990’s, Beddoe identified an untapped market in the Canadian airline… Read More »
Flight and accident The aircraft departed Runway 29 at St. John’s Airport at 12:39. The flight took off and flew completely according to plan, until 13:43. The pilots, for reasons unknown, disengaged the autopilot at 13:37, six minutes before the stall. As revealed by the CVR, the pilots were having a discussion not related to… 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 »
BOULDER, Colo. — A 20-year-old University of Colorado Boulder student reported missing was found dead, the university said in a statement on Thursday morning. Mikhail “Misha” Solok was reported missing by friends and family on March 14. According to authorities, his body was found a few miles northeast of campus. The cause and manner of… Read More »
Passengers on a WestJet flight to Edmonton had an unexpected scare Friday evening as their plane blew its two front tires while landing. The flight was WS 3362 from Fort McMurray to Edmonton. There were 70 passengers on the flight. No one was injured in the incident. The plane was a Bombardier Q400. Thunderstorms in… Read More »
A recent incident involving a passenger, Joanna Chiu, has raised concerns about airline policies and passenger treatment. Chiu alleges that she was removed from a WestJet flight in Mexico earlier this month for using the bathroom frequently before takeoff. Allegations of Removal Chiu took to social media to share her experience, stating that her “upset… Read More »