An Air France flight from Paris to Toronto has gone off the runway and is on fire. CNN says the pilot and copilot are alive, but no other news.
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Unconfirmed reports have 291 on board, 60 have excaped so far. Quite a huge fire, may have been hit by lightning.
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I%26#39;m in Toronto and there will be a press conference anytime. I%26#39;ll try and keep you posted as best as I can. They are working extremely hard on controlling the fire. The pilot and copilot are being debriefed. There is a report that an ambubus has taken some people off the plane. I can%26#39;t confirm this as of yet. It was an Air France airbus A340 flight AF358. We are still awaiting confirmation on this. It was landing in a major thunderstorm.
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An eyewitness claimed that the plane landed far closer to the end of the runway than usual and then there was a big explosion with lots of debris flying everywhere. This was followed later by another explosion. The cause is still undetermined but the newscasters are saying it might have been caused by a vertical downdraft resulting from the storm.
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I know we have a lot of Toronto TA members so I hope everyone is ok.
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News just reporting a stewardess thinks they got all the passengers off, here%26#39;s hoping.
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Local TV just interviewed someone who%26#39;s friend was on the flight and confirmed that many people even though injured got off the plane and taken to local hospitals. There have been no causualties reported as of yet.
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Unconfirmed report on now says all passengers got off. There is to be a press conference soon.
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News confernce now underway. It appears that all have survived the crash but won%26#39;t confirm 100%.
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The press conference reported no known casualties and 14 unconfirmed minor injuries.
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It looks from the preliminary reports that the aircraft was hit by lightning and that it skidded off the runway. However, all passengers got off the aircraft before it caught fire and all are safe and sound (other than a few minor injuries).
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