A WestJet flight from Vancouver to Nanaimo declared an emergency after smoke filled the cabin and flight deck on its approach to the Nanaimo airport Tuesday. Passenger Robin Thacker was sitting in row 17 near the back of the Bombardier Q400 twin turboprop. "By the time we landed you almost couldn't see the front row, that's how thick the smoke was. Thacker said the flight landed normally but then underwent an emergency evacuation on the tarmac with the crew kicking out the doors. WestJet said it has cancelled three subsequent flights the aircraft was scheduled to fly between Vancouver and Vancouver Island due to a maintenance inspection.

Source: CBC News March 20, 2018 22:56 UTC