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Phyl Durdey explains the airport gridlock behind Pearson's cancellations

CP24's upload of CTV News Toronto's full evening bulletin drew roughly 130,000 views in its first day, well beyond its usual audience.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 130,877 views a day, 20 times a normal first day on this channel (6,634).

U.S. bound flights at Pearson cancelled in ground stop | CTV News Toronto at Six for Nov. 13, 2026

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1:14Phyl Durdey explains how the flight halt creates cascading airport congestion that could take days to clear.
4:49Natalie Van Rooy reports from Pearson's Terminal 1 on cancellations, delays and stranded passengers.
14:14The business coverage includes Stelco recalling laid-off workers and political pressure over Stellantis's Brampton facility.
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29:28The weather segment visits Toronto Zoo's lantern display with chief operating officer Jennifer Tracey.
34:12The bulletin returns to the U.S. ground stop, Canadian travelers and Markwayne Mullin's statement.

A grounded departure is only the start of the problem in Phyl Durdey's explanation of the U.S. flight halt. Airport congestion builds as aircraft back up, the aviation specialist tells CTV News Toronto, leaving a recovery that cannot happen simply by lifting the restriction.

"It's going to take days," Durdey says.

His interview is part of the November 13 evening bulletin posted on CP24, which drew nearly twenty times the channel's usual first-day views for a regular video. This is the full newscast, not just an airport segment: anchors Michelle Dubé and Nathan Downer lead with the communications issue, before Natalie Van Rooy reports from Pearson's Terminal 1 on cancellations, delays and passengers stranded in transit.

The bulletin returns to the flight halt later, carrying an official update from U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin. Those exchanges capture the uncertainty while the shutdown was unfolding, rather than a settled explanation of its cause.

CP24's separate Durdey interview also drew an unusually large audience. Its follow-up from Andrew Brennan at Pearson then documented the next stage: flights resuming, but travelers still facing delays.

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