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I starts my day at Tim Hortons.

Don't drink coffee, don't drink tea, and I've no use for donuts.

But I'll grab a Pepsi and get a lay of the land.

As the mayor, it's how I keep in touch with the people and such.

Everything starts and ends at Tim Hortons.

Morning, Garth.

Morning, Claude.

Morning, Crystal.

Morning, Mr. Mayor.

Dwight.

Morning, Claude, Garth, Crystal.

Claude, Crystal, Dwight, Garth. Morning.

Morning, boys. Pepsi?

That's right, Crystal.

Yeah.

What's the news?

School bus strike still on?

Yeah. We're working it out.

Well, we're coming to the table.

Well, we're coming to the table too.

They tearing down the airport?

Not today.

I heard Don Burton and his wife won the Super 7.

You don't say.

Lucky shit.

4.6 million.

Excuse me, I'm looking for the mayor.

Mr. Mayor, I'm Janice Mosher with Rogers TV.

I'm new to town and new to reporting.

It's my first day.

Where you 'longs to, Janice?

Port aux Basques.

So if you see me running red lights or anything,

just forgive me because we don't have stoplights over there.

Well, welcome to Gander, Janice.

Janice.

Janice.

Janice.

Janice.

If you're looking for news, you should talk to that man running in here.

That's our constable, Oz Fudge. He's full of stories.

Mr. Mayor, I saw your car in the lot.

Crystal, turn up the radio so's we all can hear.

Doug, you probably wanna get down to air traffic control right away.

There's only supposed to be two air traffic controllers on,

but instead there's 14.

Everyone's heard, and they all shows up without even being asked.

We're told there'll be over 200 planes getting diverted across the country.

Lufthansa 414, this is Gander Center, squawk code 7235.

Due to a recent development, you are ordered to land at Gander YQX immediately.

Copy that. This is an order.

No, sir, you do not have a choice.

No, sir. This is not a drill.

Yes, sir. I understand you have VIPs on board.

I'll see your VIPs and raise you an international emergency.

Land your plane now.

Copy that, Gander Tower.

This is Air France.

Aer Lingus.

Lufthansa.

British Airways.

Emirates.

This is American four niner. What am I supposed to tell my passengers?

Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain.

There's been an incident in the United States.

We're having trouble with the… cabin lighting system.

We're just going to touch down while we fix the system.

Ladies and gentlemen, please fasten your seat belts.

Looks like we'll be making an unexpected landing in Gander, "New-found-land."

Anybody in the business knows when you set down in Gander, it's for an emergency.

Now, we don't know what's going on,

but the captain tells us to keep everyone from panicking.

Tray tables up, please.

We will be dimming the lights in the cabin.

Pushing the light bulb button will turn your reading light on.

However, pushing the flight attendant button

will not turn your flight attendant on.

I look out the window to see if there's something mechanical,

like if we've lost an engine or something's on fire.

But I don't see anything.

I told head office I need to travel less.

I told them it was doctor's orders.

But they say, "You're going to the conference," so you go.

My dad's always saying, "Bob, you got to calm down."

But the flight attendant is shaking like a leaf,

so I figure I've got permission.

My son sends me on this vacation.

He says, "Mom, you've never gone anywhere."

And when I get back, I'm telling him, "This is exactly why."

Suddenly, there's a drop.

A sudden change in direction.

I fly a lot, so I know that's not normal.

Outside the window, all I can see below are trees and rocks and… nothing.

On final approach, we're coming into runway 22,

and I think, "Where am I gonna park this thing?"

There are planes lined up like sardines.

And as far as I can see, there's cars lined up too.

It looks like everybody in Newfoundland is here.

One plane, then another

And then another

And then another

- Is this on? Sorry. I'm new. - And then 13 planes, then another

- And then another, and then another - This is Rogers TV Channel 9.

- My name is Janice Mosher. - And then 19 planes…

I'm reporting live from Gander airport,

where the 19th plane has just touched down.

I'm here with…

- Bonnie Harris. - …and then 26 planes…

On a normal day, we get a half dozen flights,

and now we already got three times that many landing in two hours.

- It's a lot of noise. - …and then 29 planes…

And you can smell the fuel. You can smell the exhaust.

- Jesus, that's a jumbo! - …and then another

- There's gotta be 250 or 300 on her. - And then 32 planes…

That's a fairly large one. There's gotta be 200 on her.

- Now I'm adding this up. - And then another, and then

- We got 38 planes. - Thirty-eight, thirty-eight…

We got two, three hundred people on the average!

Thirty-eight, thirty-eight planes

Holy shit!

Air Traffic Control says five of the planes on the ground aren't responding.

Reg says they're probably just on the wrong frequency.

Thank you, Dwight.

FAA won't give us a timeline for reopening the airspace.

The airplane crews need to be rested, or we'll never get them out of here.

American Trans Air flight number 25 is requesting, when they deplane…

If they deplane.

…that they be a priority.

Why?

They were headed to Disney World with 90 Make-A-Wish kids.

- Oh, Jesus. - Oh, my gosh.

Even with all the hotels in town, we've got no room.

We gotta start looking at other towns.

Appleton and Gambo have already offered, but we can't get them there.

Garth's bus drivers are still on the picket line.

Without them, no one's going anywhere.

For Jesus's sake, I'll tell them where to go!

Don't quote me on that.

I've got the SPCA lady on the line again asking about animals.

Tell Bonnie we've got people to deal with.

Apparently those five planes that aren't responding,

they're treating 'em as bomb threats!

All right!

The RCMP is gonna handle it.

But we've got almost 7,000 people that might be spending the night.

Jesus, that's near as many as we got living here in town.

We need to house them somewhere, and we need to get them there.

Don't look at me.

Not to mention food and supplies and anything else that snarls up.

Why are they sending them here? Why not Toronto or Ottawa?