Saturday’s instalment of the Wings Over Springbank Airshow in Calgary was cancelled due to high winds, according to organizers.
The fourth biennial event was scheduled from noon to 4 p.m. but stopped at around 2:30 p.m.
“Sunday’s show is still scheduled to resume tomorrow — general admission tickets from today will be honoured tomorrow,” said Sarah Van Gilst, the show director, in an email statement.
The organization said to look for updates on its Facebook page.
“The airshow remains optimistic with tomorrow’s forecast and the show is scheduled to take place,” Van Gilst said.
There were reports and video of bouncy castles flying away at Saturday’s event.
Spectator Paul Warman was there with his kids, ages six and eight, and said there was a storm brewing in the west before the Snowbirds were scheduled to take to the skies.
“It almost looked like something out of the movie Twister. It was a little scary. It was coming right at us.”
The airshow confirmed that there were no children inside the bouncy castles at the time. EMS also backed up that claim, saying there were no injuries.
“As the wind began, the bouncy castle shut down operations,” Van Gilst said. “There were no injuries and everyone was clear of the area when the winds picked up.”
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