Fuel incident at YLW

January 20, 2017

News release

At approximately 2:00 p.m., 225 litres of jet fuel were spilled on Apron 1 at Kelowna International Airport (YLW), during fueling operations on WestJet flight 2164.

YLW initiated the Emergency Response Plan to contain the spill which has now been successfully cleaned up by YLW’s Operations Team.

For additional details on WestJet flight 2164, please contact WestJet’s media relations team at lauren.stewart@westjet.com (cc media@westjet.com).