Obviously a local Toronto news channel and their journalists had no basic aviation knowledge whatsoever and did not bother to validate their assumptions broadcasted a news footage with video of a Sunwing 737 "on fire" making an "emergency landing" at YYZ.
It turns out that the journalists were at the airport after hearing that a Sunwing flight from Regina to Jamaica was diverting to YYZ because of fuel problem, and ended up shooting a video of another Sunwing flight from Mexico to Montreal but diverting to YYZ due to bad weather at YUL. Moreover, they think that the sunlight reflection on the plane was fire, so they broadcasted it right away as breaking news: reporting a Sunwing 737 with fuel problem on fire making emergency landing at YYZ. In fact, what was happening were a Sunwing 737 diverting to YYZ due to weather at YUL, and another Sunwing 737 making a priority landing at YYZ due to fuel imbalance. The journalists never saw the 737 with fuel problem that they originally set out to see. There were no emergency at YYZ whatsoever, and the news channel didn't bother to check with Sunwing or the Airport Authority before breaking the news.
It turns out that the journalists were at the airport after hearing that a Sunwing flight from Regina to Jamaica was diverting to YYZ because of fuel problem, and ended up shooting a video of another Sunwing flight from Mexico to Montreal but diverting to YYZ due to bad weather at YUL. Moreover, they think that the sunlight reflection on the plane was fire, so they broadcasted it right away as breaking news: reporting a Sunwing 737 with fuel problem on fire making emergency landing at YYZ. In fact, what was happening were a Sunwing 737 diverting to YYZ due to weather at YUL, and another Sunwing 737 making a priority landing at YYZ due to fuel imbalance. The journalists never saw the 737 with fuel problem that they originally set out to see. There were no emergency at YYZ whatsoever, and the news channel didn't bother to check with Sunwing or the Airport Authority before breaking the news.
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