Smoke caused an evacuation of at Winnipeg’s airport on Saturday afternoon, August 19, 2017, just after 4:30 pm.
An air conditioning unit failed causing smoke which triggered an alarm.
Passengers and visitors were ushered outside of the building while officials investigated.
About 20 minutes after the evacuation started it ended and people were allowed back in the building
Please see this update on today's occurence. Thank you for your patience as we return to normal operations. pic.twitter.com/z2DRQGkliA
— Winnipeg Airport (@YWGairport) August 19, 2017
Several people who were at the airport at the time of the evacuation took to social media posting pictures and comments
Nobody gives you the manual on what to do in the case of an airport evacuation… #Winnipeg pic.twitter.com/99FHA43kZu
— Kara Deringer (@karaderinger) August 19, 2017
#Winnipeg #airport staff handing out bottled water. Really glad its not middle of winter. #evacuation
— Chad Fisher (@ChadSFisher) August 19, 2017
#Winnipeg airport evacuated. Announcement cited "emergency". Fire trucks here but no smoke smell or visible flames pic.twitter.com/xkk4sBN23G
— David Rider (@dmrider) August 19, 2017
Just landed at Winnipeg airport and pilot has stopped plane on tarmac due to emergency evacuation – view from plane of passengers on tarmac pic.twitter.com/QCd4tKUKk8
— jd (@jaderato) August 19, 2017
Officials at the airport say that operations are back to normal.
-News 4-
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