Air France Flight 358, a flight from Paris, France to Toronto, Ontario, Canada using an Airbus A340 airliner, departed Paris without incident at 11:53 UTC 2 August 2005, later touching down on runway 24L-06R at Toronto Pearson International Airport at 20:01 UTC (16:01 EDT). The aircraft failed to stop on the runway and plunged into a nearby shallow ravine, coming to rest and bursting into flames approximately 300 metres past the end of the runway...
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Air France Flight 358, a flight from Paris, France to Toronto, Ontario, Canada using an Airbus A340 airliner, departed Paris without incident at 11:53 UTC 2 August 2005, later touching down on runway 24L-06R at Toronto Pearson International Airport at 20:01 UTC (16:01 EDT). The aircraft failed to stop on the runway and plunged into a nearby shallow ravine, coming to rest and bursting into flames approximately 300 metres past the end of the runway. The Airbus A340-300 had 309 people aboard (297 passengers (two of them babies, without seats) and 12 crew), all of whom survived with only 12 with serious injuries. The accident highlighted the role played by highly-trained flight attendants during an emergency situation.
Many flights departing and arriving at Pearson were cancelled, and many subsequent flights to Toronto Pearson were diverted to other Canadian airports in Ottawa, London, Hamilton, Winnipeg and most of the larger aircraft were diverted to Montreal, as well as Syracuse, New...
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