Air Canada worker injured in collision between de-icing truck and aircraft in Charlottetown | CBC News
The Transportation Safety Board is investigating to find out how an employee of Air Canada was injured while on the job at Charlottetown Airport earlier this week.
Extent of employee’s injuries unclear, but airline says incident is under review
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The Transportation Safety Board is investigating to find out how an employee of Air Canada was injured while on the job at Charlottetown Airport earlier this week.
An Air Canada Airbus A220-300 was preparing for takeoff from the airport en route to Toronto Pearson International Airport early Monday morning when a collision occurred between a de-icing truck and the aircraft, according to Charlottetown Airport Authority CEO Doug Newson.
The Air Canada employee who was operating the de-icing equipment was injured, the Transportation Safety Board said in emailed responses to inquiries.
Newson said emergency responders attended the scene and the employee was taken to hospital.
The extent of the worker’s injuries is unknown.
The Monday morning flight was cancelled.
Air Canada said in a statement that the aircraft has been inspected and will return to service. The airline said the incident is under review, but noted that situations like this one are “extremely rare.”
With files from Jackie Sharkey