The accident of a Delta Air Lines jet on Monday afternoon exacerbated travel disturbances at Toronto Pearson International Airport, which was already juggling with a drop in flight delays and cancellations caused by consecutive snowstorms major.
Nearly 400 flights were canceled in Pearson on Monday evening, and more than 300 others were delayed at the airport, according to Flightaware, an aviation tracking website.
The airport stopped operations for more than two hours after the Delta plane crashed and turned as it was trying to land. The operations resumed around 5 p.m., but two of the five tracks of the airport remained closed.
Toronto Pearson had Expected Monday to be occupied While the airlines were trying to catch up after a snowstorm on weekends, thrown more than eight inches of snow at the airport. On Sunday, more than 300 flights were canceled and more than 500 were delayed, according to Flightaware.
It was at the top of the disturbances caused by another snowstorm last week, which dropped more snow in one day at the airport than in January, Toronto Pearson said THURSDAY.
The airport said its crews have worked 24 hours a day in recent days to eliminate snow Over 1,200 acres To ensure that planes could land and take off.
