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Calgary-bound WestJet flight diverted to Toronto

July 24, 2014, Toronto - Engine problems forced a Hamilton-to-Calgary WestJet flight to divert to Toronto, where it landed safety early Thursday.


July 24, 2014  By CBC News

Flight-tracking websites show WestJet Flight 585 left Hamilton's John
C. Munro International Airport at 6:51 a.m. ET before landing at
Toronto's Pearson International Airport just before 8 a.m.

 

Peel Regional Police told CBC News there are 152 passengers and crew
on the flight and a spokesperson from the Greater Toronto Airport
Authority confirmed it was an engine problem that forced the plane to
divert to Toronto.

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WestJet did not immediately respond to calls early Thursday.

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