WestJet flight diverted to Winnipeg due to storm
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This article was published 20/05/2015 (4150 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
It was not smooth flying for one group of passengers aboard a flight from Calgary to Brandon on Sunday night.
WestJet flight 3242 was making its regularly scheduled flight from Calgary to Brandon when the plane encountered the storm that ripped across the Prairies last weekend.
Mary Wielgosh was on the flight with her family. She was returning home from a trip to Kelowna, B.C., to visit family and attend Wheat King playoff games.
“It was great until about the border of Saskatchewan and then it got a little bit rough,” she said.
According to WestJet in an email to the Sun, it diverted the flight to Winnipeg due to extremely high crosswinds in Brandon. It is WestJet protocol for the company to divert flights to other airports if officials believe the conditions are not appropriate to operate.
Once passengers from the flight arrived in Winnipeg, they were quickly guided to a waiting bus and limousines to transport them back to Brandon. Only a half-hour was added to the flight time.
“Thank god the pilot made the decision to go on to Winnipeg … the wind would have been far too much for the little aircraft,” Wielgosh said.
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