It was stated on the CBC that the pilot apparently aborted his first attempt at landing, then air traffic controllers advised him to go Dorval Airport in Montreal as he had sufficient fuel but the pilot refused. Can anybody confirm this from another source? At 06:21 PM 8/3/2005 -0700, Michael Burris wrote: >When I heard about the incident, I thought 'Wow! The >pilots did a heck of a job! Trying to control a flying >tin-can (Sorry. Just aged vernacular here. No insult >intended.) packed-full of people moving at a high >speed with winds from a storm-front close by, deserves >heroism. But then again, one might question why they >chose to land during those conditions?