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		sandworm101 on April 29, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Airport Stuffed with Airliners This has happened before. In the immediate aftermath of 9/11 north american airspace was closed. All those international flights from europe were not allowed into US airspace. So they started piling up on canadian tarmac. Small towns like Gander Newfoundland saw their populations double in a matter of hours as transatlantic flights landed on their tiny airport. We don't have drone footage, but I've heard stories about aircraft being parked on grass ... something everyone is loathed to do. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_Ey5ph4wW8

greggyb on April 29, 2020 [–]

> Small towns like Gander Newfoundland saw their populations double in a matter of hours as transatlantic flights landed on their tiny airport.

This is dramatized in a delightful musical, Come From Away.

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