Close X
Friday, November 15, 2024
ADVT 
National

Plane Lands Safely In Cape Breton After Smoke Reported In Cockpit

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 20 Oct, 2015 06:25 PM
    SYDNEY, N.S. — Cape Breton Regional Police say no one was hurt when a Porter Airlines flight made an emergency landing Monday in Sydney.
     
    Police say emergency crews were called to the J.A. Douglas McCurdy Airport at around 5 p.m. after the Porter aircraft en route to St. John's, N.L., reported smoke in the cockpit.
     
    Porter spokesman Brad Cicero said the flight, which originated in Halifax, was carrying 66 passengers and four crew members.
     
    Cicero said the plane landed safely and no injuries were reported.
     
    He said a second aircraft was sent from Halifax to pick up the passengers and take them to St. John's.

    MORE National ARTICLES

    Former Federal Politician, Accomplished Lawyer, Stewart Mcinnes, Dies At 78

    Former Federal Politician, Accomplished Lawyer, Stewart Mcinnes, Dies At 78
    Stewart McInnes, a highly regarded lawyer, arbitrator and federal politician who served in the cabinet of former prime minister Brian Mulroney, has died.

    Former Federal Politician, Accomplished Lawyer, Stewart Mcinnes, Dies At 78

    Family, Friends From Worlds Of Sports And Arts Honour Michael Burgess At Funeral

    Family, Friends From Worlds Of Sports And Arts Honour Michael Burgess At Funeral
    Family and hundreds of friends from the worlds of sport, the arts and media gathered on Monday to remember "Les Miserables" star Michael Burgess at a music-filled funeral service.

    Family, Friends From Worlds Of Sports And Arts Honour Michael Burgess At Funeral

    Isolated Reserve With No Clean Water To Make Case Before United Nations

    Isolated Reserve With No Clean Water To Make Case Before United Nations
    A reserve cut off from the mainland and under a boil-water advisory for almost two decades is taking its case to the United Nations.

    Isolated Reserve With No Clean Water To Make Case Before United Nations

    Vancouver Mayor Gets U.S. State Department Invite To Talk Climate Change Action

    Gregor Robertson was invited to attend the Our Cities, Our Climate initiative in Washington, D.C., to help advise Kerry in the lead up to the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris later this year.

    Vancouver Mayor Gets U.S. State Department Invite To Talk Climate Change Action

    Second Degree Murder Charges Laid Against Two Men In Vanderhoof Double Slaying

    Second Degree Murder Charges Laid Against Two Men In Vanderhoof Double Slaying
    RCMP Cpl. Dave Tyreman says the charges are related to a nearly three-year-old slaying in that central interior community, about 100 kilometres west of Prince George.

    Second Degree Murder Charges Laid Against Two Men In Vanderhoof Double Slaying

    Making Light Of Oil Plight: Cheeky References To Downturn Abound In Calgary

    Calgarians' moods may have been dragged down with the price of oil, but that doesn't mean they can't get into shape, find love or — at the very least — enjoy a glass or three of wine.

    Making Light Of Oil Plight: Cheeky References To Downturn Abound In Calgary