Miracle escape

AN AIR FRANCE jetliner carrying 309 people skidded off a runway while landing in a thunderstorm at Toronto's Pearson International Airport last night, sliding into a ravine and bursting into flames.

Wed, 03 Aug, 2005 - 01:00
Rob Gilles and Beth Duff-Brown, Toronto

All passengers and crew members survived, jumping out of the plane before the fire broke out.

A Canadian Government official said it appeared everyone survived but 14 people suffered minor injuries.

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