Toronto Airport Uncovered

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Toronto Airport Uncovered

An Airside Electrical team investigates faulty airfield lights and finds that rodents, taking refuge from the brutal Canadian winter, have damaged the cabling. On the ramp, high winds make loading cargo difficult, and mean jets can't start their engines without help from one of ...

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Season 1
At Toronto International Airport, multiple challenges push staff to their limits. An oversold flight needs passengers to surrender their seats, but will any volunteer? Cracked windows risk grounding a Dreamliner - they're still airworthy, but would anyone feel safe sitting beside them? And a rookie firefighter faces her bi...
Spring break brings a surge in passenger numbers and added pressures on airport staff and infrastructure - heavy bags rip a section of the baggage conveyor belt which needs fixing before the afternoon rush. A low-cost-holiday jet with millions of miles on the clock needs a new engine.
As thunder rumbles and rain pours, maintenance teams carry out urgent post winter repairs, but lightning forces them inside. A hardworking ground support engineer struggles to keep flights on time in the worsening rain. Repairs on a faulty 787 go to the wire. A station attendant faces a critical cargo issue on the apron an...
Cargo handlers at Toronto Airport welcome some four-legged passengers as engineers carry out vital maintenance on a Dreamliner 787. Airfield Maintenance teams work around the clock to clear the airfield, while storms across the Eastern Seaboard batter short-haul destinations and ground outbound flights at Pearson. Inside t...
Toronto Airport security teams are on high alert as intruders infiltrate restricted areas across the airfield and inside the terminal. A couple of wily coyotes find themselves on an active runway, while suspicious characters lurk around the departure gates. Gate crew try and hunt down a passenger travelling with a deadly w...
A huge winter storm slams into Toronto International Airport. Airfield Inspector Paul Atwal urgently tracks down a blown-over sign before it becomes a hazard. The airport is down to one runway as snow ploughs clear the other. They have 15 minutes before snow makes the live runway unsafe. A jack-knifed Boeing 787 throws ope...
Emergency at Toronto Pearson International Airport when Delta Flight 4819 carrying 80 passengers and crew crashes on landing on runway 23. As the airport goes into an immediate ground stop, cancelling all outbound flights and diverting incoming, the teams on the ground are pushed to their limit, trying to manage the chaos ...
At Toronto International Airport, problems unfold behind the scenes - cargo vanishes, passengers refuse to check bags, and fire crews race to a plane with faulty brakes. Wildlife teams deploy eagles and pyrotechnics to clear the runways, while mechanics battle to keep aircraft flight-ready. Most travellers never notice, bu...
At Toronto Pearson International Airport, the sub-zero temperatures push the largest de-icing station in the world to its limits, as snow and freezing ice delay take offs. On the apron it's a race to free up frozen cargo holds and water pipes. The team have their hands full with an injured flight attendant, irate passenger...
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