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Air France Flight 358 was an Airbus A340-313E, registration F-GLZQ, on a scheduled international flight from Paris, France, to Toronto, Ontario, Canada. On August 2, 2005, just after landing at Toronto Pearson International Airport at 4:01 p.m. EDT, it crashed into nearby Etobicoke Creek, approximately beyond the end of the runway. All 309 passengers and crew aboard the Airbus A340 survived, with 12 people sustaining serious injuries. The accident highlighted the role played by highly trained flight attendants during an emergency. Due to inclement weather, 540 flights departing and arriving at Pearson were cancelled. Many small and mid-size aircraft due to arrive were diverted to other Canadian airports in Ottawa, London, Hamilton, and Winnipeg. Most of the larger aircraft were diverted to Montreal, Syracuse, New York,〔Grant, Carmen. "(Plane makes emergency landing )." News 10 Now. Updated 3 August 2005. Retrieved on 7 June 2011.〕 and Buffalo, New York. Flights from Vancouver were turned back. The crash of Air France Flight 358 was the biggest crisis to hit Toronto Pearson since the airport's involvement in Operation Yellow Ribbon. Jean Lapierre, the Canadian Minister of Transport, referred to Flight 358 as a "miracle" because all of the passengers survived.〔 Other press sources described the accident as the "Miracle in Toronto",〔〔"(Air France Crash in Canada; Discovery to Perform Repairs; National Identification Cards )", ''CNN''〕 the "Toronto Miracle",〔"(Passengers, Crew Survive Fiery Plane Crash )", ''Fox News''〕 the "Miracle" Escape,〔"(For crash survivors, a 'miracle' escape )." ''Associated Press''. 25 August 2005. Retrieved on 3 December 2009.〕 and the Miracle of Runway 24L".〔 The accident was investigated by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB), with a final report issued on December 13, 2007. The TSB concluded that the accident was caused by errors committed by the French pilots on the Airbus A340. ==Aircraft== The aircraft operating Flight 358 was a 295-seat Airbus A340-313E powered by four CFM International CFM56 engines.〔 With manufacturer's serial number 289 and registration F-GLZQ, it was first flown on August 3, 1999, and delivered to Air France on September 7, 1999. There were 297 passengers and 12 crew aboard the Airbus. On this flight, it was flown by Captain Alain Rosaye, 57, and First Officer Frédéric Naud, 43. Rosaye was a seasoned pilot with 15,411 total flight hours and Naud had 4,834 hours of flight time.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Air France Flight 358」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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