'It's a joke!' Air Transat passengers stranded on Ottawa tarmac to get $400 cheques

While other passengers on Air Transat TS157 from Brussels were dealing with panic attacks, difficulty breathing and crying children, Maryanne Zéhil had an added anxiety: She was worried about her furry, four-legged friend, who was locked away in the plane’s cargo hold.
Zéhil describes the scene as pandemonium: After a six-hour delay on the Ottawa airport tarmac on July 31, she says, people were pleading with Air Transat staff members to let them get off the plane. Her frustra