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NOVEMBER 15, 2012
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Airline refutes plane on fire at Trail airport
CURLING UP WITH SEVERAL GOOD BOOKS
BY SHERI REGNIER Times Staff
Reports of a fire aboard a plane that landed in Trail on Tuesday were extinguished by a Pacific Coastal spokesperson on Wednesday. While some local media outlets jumped on the story of a fire on a plane, which led to further reporting by national news services, Spencer Smith, vice president of commercial services for Pacific Coastal Airlines quickly doused the media frenzy. “There never was a fire,” he told the Trail Times Wednesday morning. “There were reports that the engine was on fire in flight, and this absolutely was not the case.” Smith explained that the airplane landed and “There never shut down as per stanwas a fire.” dard procedure, with no indication of fire. SPENCER SMITH Passengers were in the middle of deplaning, when a person turned around and saw what he thought was fire and alerted the staff. The flight crew immediately responded and deployed the fire suppression system. “When you hear fire, the crew doesn’t go back to take a look. Staff will always error on the side of caution and immediately deploy what are essentially large fire extinguishers inside the plane, as they are all trained to do,” Smith explained. He said what can happen during the shut down of a plane is that extra fuel can build up in the exhaust pipe and the excess that is shot out appears as flame. “This cannot happen when the engine is running, it is all part of the shutdown process,” he said. “That picture you saw on (websites) is not smoke at all, that plume is the large volume of released fire retardant that instantly shuts down a fire.” Don Nutini, a member of the volunteer staff on duty at the airport at the time of the incident, said there was never a safety concern. “All passengers were taken off the plane without incident,” he said. “There was never any panic,” added Smith. “One of the last passengers getting off the plane forgot his chocolate milk on his seat, and wanted to go back in and get it.” Nutini said he did not see the flame and things were under control before the ground crew could react. See MECHANICS, Page 3
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Joey Nichol settles into a comfortable reading spot at the Trail and District Public Library. Nichol has been a library user for almost 20 years.
City ups the ante on illegal parking BY RAYMOND MASLECK Special to Times
Front yards in Trail will soon be expensive parking spaces for boats, trailers and other recreational vehicles. The city’s zoning bylaw prohibits storing these items on front driveways and lawns, as well as exterior side yards of corner lots. But currently there are no penalties for violating the rules. Under amendments to the city’s municipal ticketing information bylaw given first three readings by council Tuesday, violators will
“We have to get the fine up to a level that owners will deem it worthwhile to comply.” MICHELLE MCISSAC
now be subject to $500 fines, which are enforceable in Provincial Court. The city recently sent out notices to 62 residents requesting that their RVs be moved, and 42 have
complied. Feedback from some of the others indicates they don’t believe the current “bylaw has any teeth,” corporate administrator Michelle McIssac told council. “We have to get the fine up to a level that owners will deem it worthwhile to comply.” As is the case when it comes to enforcing many bylaws, levying penalties will be the last result, she added. Kevin Jolly was one of two councilors to vote against the new penalty,
“Parking on the road is one thing, parking on your own property is another,” he noted. The rules on parking RVs in front yards has been in place since 2002, but is has only slowly become an issue as the number of owners has grown. Parking them on the street for more than 24 hours is prohibited as well. The amendment also provides for $500 penalties for installing swimming pools or temporary vehicle shelters in front yards or exterior side yards.
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