{"id":833908,"date":"2026-07-29T15:21:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T15:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/833908\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T15:21:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T15:21:10","slug":"u-s-bound-flights-cancelled-after-odour-detected-at-montreal-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/833908\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S.-bound flights cancelled after odour detected at Montreal airport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>U.S.-bound flights from Montr\u00e9al-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport\u00a0were cancelled Wednesday morning (July 29) after an odour was reported in the\u00a0U.S. Customs and Border Protection (USCBP) area, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/montreal\/article\/flights-to-us-cancelled-after-odour-at-montreal-airport\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">according to CTV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The smell, which was linked to construction material, prompted USCBP to temporarily suspend its operations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery effort is being made to resume operations as quickly as possible,\u201d\u00a0A\u00e9roports de Montr\u00e9al (ADM) said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPassengers are encouraged to check the status of their flight with their airline before travelling to the airport.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An airport spokesperson told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/montreal\/us-customs-temporary-suspension-montreal-airport-9.7288697\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CBC<\/a> that ventilation had been increased in the affected area.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Montreal fire department also inspected the site and determined that the situation did not pose a health risk.<\/p>\n<p>Travellers with questions about U.S. preclearance operations are advised to contact USCBP directly.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t miss a single travel story: <a href=\"https:\/\/paxglobalmedia.com\/subscribe\/electronic-media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">subscribe to PAX\u00a0<\/a>today! \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/paxnews\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Click here<\/a> to follow PAX on Facebook.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"U.S.-bound flights from Montr\u00e9al-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport\u00a0were cancelled Wednesday morning (July 29) after an odour was reported&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":833909,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194292],"tags":[49,48,2338],"class_list":["post-833908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-montreal","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-montreal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/833908","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=833908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/833908\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/833909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=833908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=833908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=833908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}