When four hijacked planes crashed on September 11, the airspace over the U.S. was closed and all planes in the air were ordered to the nearest airport. Dozens of aircraft ended up in Gander, ...
MIAMI (CBSMiami) - "They would come to the Lions Club and say, `Hey, who needs a shower? Come over to my place.' And that's pretty trusting of a bunch of strangers that landed there, you know? Roxanne ...
On September 11, 2001, when the FAA closed its airspace and more than 250 planes were forced to land in Canada, 38 commercial planes carrying 6579 passengers and crew were diverted to Gander ...
GANDER, Newfoundland — To hear something nice about 9/11, talk to "the plane people," the passengers who wound up on the island of Newfoundland that day because U.S. airspace was shut. Sept. 11 Talk ...
The independent authority that runs Gander International Airport is refusing to accept a bailout offer from the federal government. A deadline of Friday was set for the $5.9-million, two-year package, ...
Caption: WestJet's return to Gander marks the first time in 10 years the airline will have flights in and out of the central Newfoundland airport. (CBC) Pugliese said the travelling demands in the ...
Come From Away will come to Idaho this summer. Discover life as a Gander islander with the story of the 38 planes that were ...
This story was originally published in The Record in 2016. As the last airline passengers left Gander, Newfoundland — the tiny airport they’d been diverted to on Sept. 11, 2001, when America shut down ...
GANDER, Newfoundland and Labrador / TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — Twenty years ago, the good of Gander came through when the world seemed to be at its worst. After the Sept. 11 attacks, 38 planes ...
Out of tragedy, comes humanity and generosity: Shirley Brooks-Jones speaks to NPR's Scott Simon about how the residents of Gander, Newfoundland, helped her and thousands of stranded passengers. On ...