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Gander airline EVAS fined $7,500 by Transport Canada

Gander airline EVAS fined $7,500 by Transport Canada

Transport Canada has fined Exploits Valley Air Services (EVAS) and one of its employees a total of $7,500 for an incident last year.

A plane belonging to the airline took off from Fogo Island, even though it was overweight for the air pressure and temperature at the time.

The incident happened last June, on a flight that was destined for St. John's and Gander.

The co-pilot on that flight reported the problem, and is now no longer working with the company, which operates daily flights for Air Canada Express.

EVAS is the same airline that crash-landed a Beechcraft 1900 during blizzard conditions in Gander in April.

Three passengers on that flight went to hospital with injuries after the landing. They are involved in a class-action lawsuit against the company.

No one from EVAS was available for comment.