TORONTO—Crew members of a Pivot Airlines plane that had been kept in the Dominican Republic since April have landed in Toronto and are reunited with their loved ones.
CEO Eric Edmondson said in a statement Thursday night that the crew demonstrated “incredible courage and resilience throughout the harrowing ordeal” that saw them detained for nearly eight months.
He said it has taken a heavy toll on their lives and the lives of their families.
The crew was held in the Caribbean nation on April 5 after 200 kilograms of cocaine were discovered in the plane’s avionics bay and reported to police in Punta Cana….