Air Canada Plane Veers Off Montreal Runway, Airline Insists This Is Still Within Posted Boundaries
An Air Canada aircraft veered off the runway after landing at Montreal-Trudeau on Thursday, coming to rest on adjacent grass with no injuries reported, which the airline is counting as a victory and possibly a new loyalty tier.
"The aircraft landed. The aircraft stopped. At no point did the aircraft continue to Ottawa," a spokesperson explained, checking off boxes on what appeared to be a laminated sheet titled *Acceptable Outcomes*. Passengers were bussed to the terminal, where they were offered a $15 meal voucher and the chance to rebook onto a flight that will, statistically, also land somewhere near a runway.
Transport Canada announced it would investigate, joining the queue behind its ongoing investigation of the B.C. boat sinking, the beef price-fixing settlement, and roughly forty other files stacked on a desk under a Tim Hortons cup from March. An inspector described the workload as "manageable, if nobody does anything new for a year."
Aviation experts noted that veering off a runway is technically a controlled event, in the same way that a toboggan hitting a fence is a controlled event. Air Canada's stock dipped briefly, then recovered once analysts remembered there is nowhere else to fly from Montreal to Vancouver on a Tuesday.
The airline reminded travellers that safety remains its top priority, followed closely by legroom optimization and the ongoing project of charging for carry-ons that fit under the seat of the carry-on you already paid for.