{"id":488083,"date":"2026-02-20T17:24:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T17:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/488083\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T17:24:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T17:24:14","slug":"porter-flight-from-edmonton-loses-traction-slides-off-taxiway-at-hamilton-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/488083\/","title":{"rendered":"Porter flight from Edmonton loses traction, slides off taxiway at Hamilton airport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/porter-airlines\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Porter Airlines<\/a> flight arriving in Hamilton from Edmonton Wednesday lost traction and slid off the taxiway, officials say.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Flight PD478 landed safely at John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport but lost traction due to weather conditions while taxiing to the terminal, a spokesperson for the airport told Global News Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere were 78 passengers and crew onboard, with no reported injuries,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for Porter added the plane\u2019s nose wheel had slightly left the paved surface.<\/p>\n<p>The incident caused delays at the airport.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOut of precaution, the airport elected to close the runways for a brief period, resulting in two flights being diverted to Toronto Pearson International Airport (Porter 764 inbound from Cancun and Porter flight 484 inbound from Calgary),\u201d the airport spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNormal operations resumed shortly thereafter. The aircraft will undergo typical inspections before returning to service.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Porter Airlines flight becomes \u2018disabled\u2019 after landing at Halifax airport from Toronto'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Porter_Airlines.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   data-\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t0:30<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPorter Airlines flight becomes \u2018disabled\u2019 after landing at Halifax airport from Toronto\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>This is the second Porter flight to slide off a taxiway this month.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11675702\/donald-trump-tariffs-us-supreme-court-ruling\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/donald-trump-tariffs.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tTrump\u2019s tariffs on Canada, world are unlawful, U.S. Supreme Court rules\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11675260\/alberta-danielle-smith-immigration-constitution-referendum\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1771608253_260_Still-2026-02-19-18h26m31s819.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tDanielle Smith promises Alberta referendum over immigration, Constitution changes\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1767930311_275_national.jpg\" alt=\"For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet breaking National news<\/p>\n<p>For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.<\/p>\n<p>On Feb. 12, <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11664430\/porter-airlines-flight-disbaled-toronto-halifax-airport\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">a Porter flight from Toronto<\/a> arrived at Halifax Stanfield International Airport and \u201cbecame disabled at the end of Runway 14\/32 following landing,\u201d the airport told Global News in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The Transportation Safety Board of Canada said in a statement the aircraft landed without incident at 8:21 p.m., but as it was \u201cexiting the runway onto the taxiway, the aircraft slid laterally and got stuck in the snow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Emergency crews responded to the plane for an assessment and determined that the aircraft could not make its way to the terminal on its own, airport officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Porter said the plane \u2014 carrying 59 passengers and five crew members on board \u2014 had become disabled in snow off the taxiway after landing. A winter storm calling for as much as 20 centimetres of snow had moved through the region.<\/p>\n<p>There were no reports of injuries, the airline said.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 With files from Global News\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/author\/gabby-rodrigues\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Gabby Rodrigues<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Toronto<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2026 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Descrease article font size Increase article font size A Porter Airlines flight arriving in Hamilton from Edmonton Wednesday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":488084,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194294],"tags":[49,48,23752,191591],"class_list":["post-488083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-edmonton","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-edmonton","tag-porter-airlines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=488083"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488083\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/488084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=488083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=488083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=488083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}