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Goose Bay in Labrador and Gander in Newfoundland are the old refueling stations between the US and Europe (originally Shannon Ireland). They're still capable of handling large jets so they're typically the landing spots if there are fuel or other issues such as medical emergencies with planes flying over the North Atlantic.


There's this somewhat interesting movie about 9/11 in Gander:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1303829/

Of course, what actually got me there was Hercule Poirot as a grandstanding businessman and Sergeant Pascoe in another prominent role.




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