![]() Certainly the holds we had on aircraft, which means people remaining on an aircraft, unable to get off - which were very, very long - earlier this week (were) unacceptable,” she said. “We have been able to adjust our gating policies. While Voorman praised the efforts of airport staff to battle the winter conditions and get passengers moving again, she acknowledged the system had broken down with regards to passengers left stranded in aircraft, some for as long as 12 hours, during the snow “event.” While we can have a little bit of snow on the roads, and while we can have a little bit of snow on the sidewalks, we simply cannot tolerate any snow of any measure on the wing of an aircraft, or it is not safe to depart … and that led to the congestion.” “We simply could not keep up with the accumulation of snow on an aircraft wing. It was just that the accumulation of the snow was such that by the time we de-iced, we had to send the aircraft around to be … de-iced again,” she said. “Our snow removal practices worked very well during the event, our de-icing practices worked well. Crews are working hard alongside our airline partners and airport community to get people on their way. ![]() YVR UPDATE (09:00 AM) Situation at YVR is improved today with arrivals and departures continuing through this morning. Vrooman said Monday and Tuesday’s problems were caused by the volume and speed of snowfall, which was not anticipated in the weather forecast. Tamara Vrooman gave the update Thursday, as the airport works to recover from a Monday night snowstorm that hit the airport, leading to scores of cancellations, congestion both in the terminal and on the airfield, and reports of people stuck in planes on the apron for hours. The Vancouver International Airport’s CEO says the facility is ready for an anticipated winter storm, and promises there will be no repeat of the chaos seen earlier this week.
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