Airport: Below Zero

Edmonton International Airport braces for the first blizzard of the season while 30,000 feet in the air a European flight gets diverted with a medical emergency on board: a critically ill passenger’s life is on the line.

While a windstorm diverts a swarm of planes towards Edmonton International, airport staff deal with a missing passenger with amnesia and the KLM crew do their best to help a family see a dying relative one last time.

The Edmonton International team makes sure two massive Russian cargo planes unload safely, a wayward snowy owl needs to be removed from the runway before it collides with an airplane and a broken baggage belt threatens to grind Air Canada’s morning rush to a halt.

At Edmonton International, RCMP remove a checked bag containing a BB gun, officers train dogs to sniff out potential explosives on a plane and a drunk blonde bombshell shows up at check-in.

Edmonton International Airport braces itself for the arrival of 10,000 emergency evacuees from the devastating Fort MacMurray wildfires.

A passenger heading to Hawaii may be denied boarding, while another passenger refuses to pay a visa fee on principle. Meanwhile, two passengers flying north to see the Northern Lights may be in the dark.