Passengers on board an Air France jet that overshot a Pearson Airport runway and crashed into a nearby ravine have been issued a $12-million settlement to cover post-traumatic stress and injuries, a judge on Dec. 24. Justice Joan Lax approved the $11.65-million settlement to a class-action lawsuit stemming from the 2005 crash, in which an Airbus flying into Toronto from Paris missed the runway and ended up dropping into Etobicoke Creek ravine, near Highway 401, before bursting into flames.

All 297 passengers and 12 crew members on board Air France Flight 358 managed to escape before the plane was consumed by fire, but as many as 33 were taken to hospital. Twenty-three people were seriously injured.

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