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Old Aug 2, 2005, 3:54 pm
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I'm in Toronto. Local media reports two hours after crash, indicate all pax made it. Weather related... skidded off the end of the runway by a good 100 yards, at least. Speculation it may have been struck by lightning with several explosions.

Some being interviewed said there were very low clouds and lots of lightning. One pilot, who witnessed it, said he couldn't believe ATC was letting them land in such bad conditions.

Other flights now being re-routed to Buffalo, NY and Ottowa.

Originally Posted by 100,000miler
An Air France airbus 340 from Paris with 241 passengers is down in Toronto now. Some initial reports are that all passengers are off and I can only pray that is true.
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