Air France Flight 358 was a regularly scheduled international flight from Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, France, to Toronto Pearson International Airport in Ontario, Canada. On the afternoon of 2
Wreckage of the aircraft
F-GLZQ, the aircraft involved in the accident, seen in July 2005
Operation Yellow Ribbon was commenced by Canada to handle the diversion of civilian airline flights in response to the September 11 attacks in 2001 in the United States. Canada's goal was to ensure th
Air France Flight 358
…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 everyone on board survived, despite the aircraft's…
Gander International Airport in Newfoundland, Canada, played host to 38 airliners, totaling 6,122 passengers and 473 crew, as part of Operation Yellow Ribbon.
Lufthansa christened an Airbus A340, registered D-AIFC, Gander – Halifax to honour the two cities that received its stranded flights during Operation Yellow Ribbon.