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So what took so long? Right after 9/11, I said the story of Canada accepting hundreds of diverted flights would make a great movie. Finally after eight years, it's happened. This is well done, not "great", but well done. A couple of plausible love stories are effectively worked in.
I’d imagine if it was U.S. domestic flight Canada would no problem admitting 99.9% of the passengers instantly. However I’d would be interesting to see say a Russia to Algeria flight have to make an emergency stop anywhere in the E.U.
Mar 8, 2009 · Diverted: Directed by Alex Chapple. With Shawn Ashmore, David Suchet, Joanne Whalley, Colin Buchanan. On September 11th, 2001, 38 planes headed to New York City were diverted to Gander, Newfoundland, Canada. A town of 9,000 took in 7,000 passengers for 4 days until American airspace reopened.
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- Drama, Thriller
- Alex Chapple
- 2009-03-08
The anxious passengers leaving on business and vacation trips have no idea why their flights are being sent to a remote town in Canada. With wild rumours spreading, one British airliner's crew tells the passengers what is known, that a terrorist attack has taken place in the United States.
Sep 6, 2021 · Canada’s Gander International Airport in Newfoundland offered refuge to 7,000 displaced airplane passengers on 9/11 and inspired the hit musical “Come from Away.”
During the diversion of flights, some airports, including Vancouver International, were inundated with hundreds of telephone calls from members of the public and the corporate community offering their support. In Ottawa, SitCen staff were also inundated with calls from airports, air carriers, the media, and the general public.
Just days before the US Ambassador Paul Celucci criticized Canada for a lack of security or harboring terrorist or some similar falsehood, and US president G. W. Bush talked up Tony Blair and the Brits as being the US' closest ally and brothers in arms, to the notable exclusion of Canada. Pepperidge Farms remembers.
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