Boeing incident near Ottawa, Ca, February 18, 2008
On February 18, 2008 at about 3:58 am local time, a Boeing, registered CGLWS, was involved in an incident near Ottawa (Macdonald Cartier Internationa airport). It was flown under non-U.S. commercial rules. No one was hurt.
The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The NTSB has not yet published a probable cause for this incident. Investigations usually take one to two years; this page updates when the final report is released.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 5, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- February 18, 2008 · about 3:58 am local time
- Place
- Ottawa, Canada · Macdonald Cartier Internationa
- Type
- Incident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt.
- Weather
- not recorded
- Aircraft
- Boeing
- Registration
- CGLWS · no longer on the register · serial 32581
- Damage
- Not recorded
- Flight
- Flight · non-U.S. commercial rules
The NTSB's narrative preliminary · quoted from the NTSB record
On February 17, 2008, at 2258 eastern standard time, a Westjet Boeing 737-700, registered in Canada as C-GLWS overran runway 07 at MacDonald Cartier International Airport, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. There were no injuries to passengers or crew. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of Canada. This report is for information purposes only and contains only information released by the Government of Canada. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Transportation Safety Board of Canada 200 Promenade du Portage 4th Floor Gatineau, Quebec K1A 1K8 Canada
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
The aircraft
- Landing gear: retractable
- Operator: Westjet Airlines
The flight
- Departed from: Calgary
- Destination: Ottawa
- Flight plan: IFR
- Runway 07
- A second pilot was aboard
Weather at the time
- Temperature: 0°F (-18°C), dew point 0°F (-18°C)
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
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Everything on this page comes from the NTSB's public records. The narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words; the coded tables behind the report are written out in plain English, with pilots' ages, home towns and medical details left out. The documents and photographs are the NTSB's docket, shown as the NTSB released them. This site's own text never names anyone involved. A preliminary report can change; the final report usually follows one to two years later, and the page is refreshed when it does.