Air Canada failed to provide evidence showing landing the airplane was ‘impossible’ in the lead-up to the McDougall Creek wildfire.
A B.C. man whose return flight to Canada was cancelled due to wildfires has been reimbursed nearly $1,500 after the B.C. Civil Resolution Tribunal ruled the airline had failed to provide convincing evidence.
David Menzies Pansegrau had booked a return trip from Bogota, Colombia, to Kelowna, B.C., on Aug. 16, 2023. West of Kelowna, the McDougall Creek wildfire had ignited the day earlier and would soon trigger the evacuation of more than 30,000 people.
According to a recent tribunal decision, Pansegrau was waiting for his 7:20 p.m. connecting flight from Toronto to Kelowna when Air Canada…
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