Westjet B737 at Toronto on Feb 25th 2019, during departure outclimbed fire vehicle on runway
Last Update: March 6, 2019 / 21:29:13 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Feb 25, 2019
Classification
Incident
Airline
Westjet Airlines
Flight number
WS-427
Departure
Toronto, Canada
Destination
Edmonton, Canada
Aircraft Registration
C-GRWS
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-700
ICAO Type Designator
B737
A fire engine, callsign RED11, was taxiing northbound on taxiway B, was instructed to cross runway 23, taxi via J and hold short runway 15R. RED11 crossed runway 23, turned left onto J and crossed runway 15L on the way towards runway 15R.
The Canadian TSB reported, the Boeing 737-700 was already airborne but had not yet overflown the intersection of runway 33R/15L and taxiway J when RED11 entered the runway.
NAV Canada reported RED11 was responding to an emergency and crossed the threshold runway 15L (= runway end 33R) without explicit authorization. Runway 33R was active departure runway at the time.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Feb 25, 2019
Classification
Incident
Airline
Westjet Airlines
Flight number
WS-427
Departure
Toronto, Canada
Destination
Edmonton, Canada
Aircraft Registration
C-GRWS
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-700
ICAO Type Designator
B737
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