Several flight accidents have been reported in the United States in the past month. In the latest, a Delta Airlines plane crashed at the Pearson Airport in Canada’s Toronto. On Monday, the Delta airlines plane flipped upon arrival at the Toronto Airport and ended up on its roof.
There have been no casualties but the 17 people have been injured. The airport confirmed on X that an “incident” occurred with the Delta flight from Minneapolis and that 76 passengers and four crew are accounted for. The accident happened at about 2:15 pm and flights at the airport, which handles more passengers than any other Canadian airport, were grounded for around two and half hours.
During the investigation, two runways will remain closed. “We are very grateful there was no loss of life and relatively minor injuries,” Deborah Flint, CEO of Greater Toronto Airports Authority, told reporters. The number of people injured was down from early reports from paramedics that 19 were hurt. Video from the scene shows the Mitsubishi CRJ-900LR upside down on the snowy tarmac as emergency workers hose it down. The plane was unclear by snow from a winter storm that hit Toronto over the weekend. Ornge air ambulance said it was transporting one paediatric patient to Toronto’s SickKids hospital and two injured adults to other hospitals in the city.
“Emergency teams are responding,” the airport said in a post on the social platform X. “All passengers and crew are accounted for.” Tower controllers were heard speaking with the crew of a medical helicopter that had just left Pearson and was returning to help with the crash. The plane came to a rest at the intersection of Runways 23 and 15L, the controller said. That’s not far from the start of the runway. The medical helicopter pilot responded, “Just so you’re aware, there’s people outside walking around the aircraft there,” a tower controller said. “Yeah, we’ve got it. The aircraft is upside down and burning”.
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