MP and local officials raise concerns about Nav Canada study in meeting
Windsor-Tecumseh MP Irek Kusmierczyk hosted a virtual meeting between local officials and Nav Canada on Monday as an opportunity to express their objections and concerns with the review by the company, which may put the Airport Control Tower at the Windsor International Airport at risk of being shut down.
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i mean, suddenly there s an unauthorized plane taking off. you have dozens of other commercial airline planes in the area, in the air there, on the tarm tarmac, how crazy might had it been in the airport control tower? i bet it was pretty interesting with one controller of course later in the evening there s not quite as many people up there as there are in the day shift. i m sure one of them looked over and said did you forget to tell me about this fellow that s taking off on some particular runway? they looked at each other and went i m not talking to that guy. they looked and the airplane went on its own. all they can do at that point is keep everybody else out of their way. the controllers did a really good job at that. arthel: phenomenal job just what we can hear in the tape recordings that we have been playing over the air. have you spoken to other pilots who were on the radar at that time?
i just want to show you now, this is the airport lounge. you see that roof is ripped off, debris, flooding, and lines. they call them chances hoping for a chance to get out. they say the surge rose high on the control tower. water and winds ripping the terminal. the aftermath eerily silent. the sound of devastation. cars tangled in downed power lines. residents young and old pulling together what they can. some have the grim job of bringing the bodies of victims to this church. those with injuries treat it as best they can be, with reports of increasing looting, officers feeling helpless. all of the evacuation centers have either collapsed or sustained a huge amount of damage. so really people are really living in open areas. people also really need food and water. everyone started to loot in order to get any kind of food. c-130 aircraft are landing and bringing emergency supplies. typhoon haiyan wreaked havoc across this province.
power is out. hundreds of thousands are thronging relief centers, desperate for life s necessities. we don t have homes. homes we need shelter,ed if homes. we need shelter, food, light. we don t have anything. we don t have houses. reporter: aircraft are bringing in some supplies. soldiers are carrying injured residents to planes along with the elderly, evacuating from what looks like a war zone. but it is not enough. the suffering is on a massive scale. the super typhoon turning life into misery for four million people. some have the grim job of recovery the bodies of countless of victims. the death toll is expected to be in the many thousands. but amidst the suffering, a ray of hope, 21-year-old emily went in to labor inside the damaged airport control tower. she is fortunate. a doctor there to help. placing the newborn baby on the woman s stomach. a little girl unaware of the devastation around her. larry jacobs, abc news. a muched weakened haiyan hits china today, but p
three miles. three miles. reporter: cnn is inside frederick, maryland s, airport control tower. it s brand spanking new. built with 5$5.3 million in federal stimulus money. opened just last may, and now, you guessed it, likely to be shut down by who else? the federal government. frederick is one of 238 towers at small and medium airports, the faa may close because of forced spending cuts. we re awarded the money and you know, ten months later, they say you don t need a tower here. so it s the world of mixed messages. reporter: in florida, the government also giveth and now may taketh away. $1.8 million in stimulus money to construct this new tower inopia lacka, and $1 million in st. petersburg, now all on the