The timeline released Thursday -- which reads like a comedy of errors -- starts with contracted groundcrew with L3Harris towing the aircraft to a hangar "not routinely used" by the plane and too small for the tow tractor.

The Snowbirds are scheduled to fly across eastern Ontario late Friday morning as part of a cross-country tour.

The HMCS Fredericton was alongside in Taranto, Italy, after last Wednesday's incident off the coast of Greece.

In a statement released Tuesday, the agency confirmed that the remaining 195 people staying at Canadian Forces Base Trenton in Ontario were released from their 14-day long quarantines.

One Canadian government flight carrying 176 people touched down just after dawn at Canadian Forces Base Trenton, Ont., where they were to undergo two weeks of quarantine and monitoring to check whether they've contracted the virus.

It remains unclear when the 325 Canadians who have requested government assistance to fly home from China's Hubei province will arrive.

Deming will replace outgoing Col. Mark Goulden, who has served as chief commander of Trenton's 8 Wing since 2017.