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‘The world was changing before my eyes’: Airline execs recall how they navigated 9/11

Air Canada grounded 300-plus planes as Canada closed its airspace, and the attacks helped push Canada 3000 into bankruptcy and Air Canada into restructuring.

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MONTREAL — Calin Rovinescu was strolling through an art museum in Barcelona on a wedding anniversary getaway when he heard the news. In a pair of phone calls, his assistant told him planes had just struck the twin towers in New York City.

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‘The world was changing before my eyes’: Airline execs recall how they navigated 9/11

MONTREAL - Calin Rovinescu was strolling through an art museum in Barcelona on a wedding anniversary getaway when he heard the news.

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Winnipeg Free Press broke the news in Winnipeg, Canada on Tuesday, September 8, 2026.
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