Maps and graphics: See Delta plane flip after crash in Toronto. All 80 aboard survive.
All 80 passengers survived after a jet flipped onto its back during a fiery crash landing at Toronto's Pearson Airport on Monday. Here's a closer look at what happened: Delta flight 4819 took off in Minneapolis at 11:47 a.m. local time and flew for an hour and 29 minutes before attempting to land in Toronto around 2:15 p.m. local time.
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In an unconfirmed video posted to X, a plane can be seen coming for a landing at a snowy airport before impacting, igniting, and rolling onto its starboard side.
According to FlightRadar24, an airport weather report indicated a gusting crosswind and blowing snow at the time of the accident. "Winds were out of the west at 270° at 28 knots, gusting to 35 knots. Visibility was 6 miles with a runway visual range of 3000-6000 feet with an improving trend."
The flight tracking service also reported that the aircraft touched down on Runway 23 and came to a rest near the intersection of runways 23 and 15.
The aircraft involved is a Bombardier CRJ900, a longer version of the CRJ700 model that collided with a helicopter in D.C. earlier this year in an incident that claimed 67 lives.
Hassan Shahidi, president and CEO of the Flight Safety Foundation, praised first responders on the ground at the airport for quick and appropriate actions. 'They were there immediately dousing the aircraft with fire resistant foam,' he said. 'The Toronto Airport is known for being on top of these emergency type situations.'
Najm Meshkati, professor of engineering and expert of aviation safety at the University of Southern California, told USA TODAY that a speedy evacuation of passengers by the cabin crew may have saved lives. Videos show passengers exiting from emergency exit doors as firefighters coated the flaming aircraft in foam.
Watch the moment passengers exit upside down plane in Toronto
Passengers made it safely off of a Delta Airlines plane that flipped upside down in Toronto. Passenger Pete Carlson recounts the experience.
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada, an agency of the Canadian government, will be in charge of leading the investigation into the cause of the crash, according to the FAA.
Contributing: Dinah Voyles Pulver, Minnah Arshad, Christopher Cann, and Zach Wichter, USA TODAY.
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