Vancouver International Airport
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Sep 13, 2026
PatrickHOST
Now, he said that, quote, there's no getting around the fact that people will lose their jobs and businesses will close on both sides of the border.
PatrickHOST
Now, he also pointed to the anniversary of the September 11th, 2001 attacks in New York, saying that when 8,500 passengers were stranded at Vancouver International Airport, Canadians opened their doors to their southern neighbors.
PatrickHOST
And he said that, quote, now here we are 25 years later as President Donald Trump has hurled insults, unfair tariffs, and continues to threaten our independence as a country.
PatrickHOST
Eby said that even in the face of the ongoing trade war within the two nations, Canadians wouldn't hesitate to step up again.
Sophie LuiHOST
Those attacks shocked the world and brought air travel to an abrupt halt.
Sophie LuiHOST
Dozens of flights were diverted to airports across Canada, including YVR, where our Paul Johnson is tonight.
Sophie LuiHOST
Paul.
Paul JohnsonCORRESPONDENT
Sophie, authorities just couldn't be sure what was going on in the minutes and hours after the attacks on the East Coast.
Paul JohnsonCORRESPONDENT
So they took the unprecedented step of just closing down airspace in North America to commercial planes.
Paul JohnsonCORRESPONDENT
For people who work at airports like YVR, obviously they never experienced anything like that before.
Paul JohnsonCORRESPONDENT
There was no playbook for this, no training.
Paul JohnsonCORRESPONDENT
So they had to improvise and figure out that day on their own.
Rob FaiHOST
25 years after 9/11, we remember the attacks in New York and Washington and Pennsylvania, but also the unprecedented response here at home.
Rob FaiHOST
YVR alone took 34 diverted flights, more than 8,500 passengers.
Rob FaiHOST
It all was a part of the Operation Yellow Ribbon.
Rob FaiHOST
Uh, joining us to talk about this is Barb Maloney.
Rob FaiHOST
You've got the police, and eventually the military.
Rob FaiHOST
Uh, who's making the big decisions, and how did you keep everybody on the same page in real time? I mean, I find that extraordinary.
Barb MaloneyGUEST
[laughs] Um, yeah, some of the aircraft that we received didn't have any presence here at YVR.
Barb MaloneyGUEST
These were carriers that didn't normally operate out of here, so, so that ended... added another complexity to it as well.
James CousineauHOST
From the small town of Gander, a population of 10,000 people that opened the doors to 7,000 more, to the airport at Vancouver.
James CousineauHOST
The Vancouver International Airport opened up to flights, and it wasn't the largest number of flights, but it was the largest number of passengers that were taken in there.
James CousineauHOST
I personally was in my office, my home office at the time, and I was working with various media outlets to get information out and to coordinate homes that had space to take in these complete strangers, to offer them beds, to offer them meals, to offer them whatever they needed.
James CousineauHOST
And I spent the day coordinating places for people to go, transportation, homes, businesses, whatever it took to provide safe shelter for all of those who landed at the Vancouver International Airport.
James CousineauHOST
And when I say all, I don't mean we coordinated for each, every, each and every person.
James CousineauHOST
I'm saying that it was open, that we coordinated for all of those who reached out and needed a place to go.
James CousineauHOST
Transport Canada says that 224 flights carrying 33,000 passengers landed on Canadian soil, while Nav Canada says 238 planes landed.
James CousineauHOST
Flights originating from Asia were diverted to Vancouver and other airports in Western Canada, while planes on the busy transatlantic route were diverted to airports in Atlantic Canada.
Erin DavisHOST
There'll be a special ceremony, and they're going to be there as part of representing responders from around the world.
Drew SavageHOST
Operation Yellow Ribbon at YVR, of course, as all kinds of planes had to land here unexpectedly to be on an airplane that morning.
Drew SavageHOST
for your plane to land somewhere where you were not expecting it to land, and then to find out the reason why would have been so unsettling.
Drew SavageHOST
So to get that kind of safety and just safe place to be in a time like that, really, really great.
Chris KellyPANELIST
Pret-a-Manger opened
Mark ChavezHOST
in YVR.
Mark ChavezHOST
Oh, my gosh.
Mark ChavezHOST
Big deal.
Mark ChavezHOST
Well,
Chris KellyPANELIST
they're
Mark ChavezHOST
at YVR now.
Mark ChavezHOST
They're at YVR.
Benny ThompsonPANELIST
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
EricHOST
... people are trying to come in with a bunch of cigarettes at Vancouver Airport.
Benny ThompsonPANELIST
[laughs] Oh, yeah.
Dustin NielsonHOST
Oh, yeah, I've seen that one.
Julie Van de KampHOST
Do you know, Eric?
Eric KulischGUEST
I don't, I don't know about Miami specifically, but it's interesting that an- another Amazon plane, I was doing a little research on this this morning, I recalled the reporting on it, uh, two years ago, November of 2024, a Amazon cargo plane operated by CargoJet, a Canadian carrier, overran the runway, um, at Vancouver Airport up in Canada.
Eric KulischGUEST
So different, different, uh, contractor and different situation, but another overrun.
Malcolm HarrisHOST
So I guess, Eric, my final question here from me at least is, how is this affecting operations overall in Miami, given it is a major hub and a connector when it comes to, you know, North America, South America, as well as Europe?
Joy RyanNARRATOR
They continued approach and landed safely.
Joy RyanNARRATOR
Also on January 17th, a WestJet Boeing 737-800 flying from Calgary, Alberta to Vancouver, British Columbia inbound to Vancouver International Airport reported a small silver balloon approximately 1,000 feet below aircraft.
Joy RyanNARRATOR
There was no impact on operations and all flights proceeded to their destinations without further incident.
Michael RyanHOST
Well, that's our podcast for this week.
David EbySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
But I want you to know that here on the West Coast, British Columbians stepped up too.
David EbySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
At YVR, 8,500 diverted passengers, more than any other airport, found themselves stranded at YVR.
David EbySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Before smartphones and instant messaging, they found out when they landed about what was going on.
David EbySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And in that moment, airport workers, volunteers stepped up at a moment's notice.
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