Watch: Videos show moment Delta plane crashes and flips in Toronto — from inside and out
Social media posts have captured Monday's crash of Delta Air Lines Flight 4819 in Toronto, showing terrifying footage of it touching down and catching fire, shot from just off the runway, as well as images from within the stricken craft and outside on the tarmac as people fled to safety. No one died in the crash but at least 18 people were taken to hospital after the crash, including an infant.
The plane, a Mitsubishi CRJ-900LR that left Minneapolis at 11:47 a.m. local time, made its approach to Toronto's Pearson Airport at about 2:30 p.m. Monday. There were 80 people aboard, including 4 crew members.
One video being shared on social media by the X account Aircraft Maintenance Engineer shows the plane on what appears to be a normal approach, until a spray of fire appears below the aircraft just as it touches down. In the next few seconds, the plane rolls over, and it is soon invisible amid a thick plume of smoke.
Warning: Some clips contain graphic language.
A different vantage point, shared by the Twitter feed AZ Intel and others, seems to be from just outside the airport's perimeter fence, and shows traffic passing by as the plane comes into view of the camera before striking the runway and catching fire.
https://twitter.com/AZ_Intel_/status/1891689387198460015
Another video posted to Instagram by Pete Koukov and widely shared was taken from inside the plane and shows passengers making their way to an emergency exist as a flight attendant tells them: 'Leave everything. Drop it.'
The footage shows first responders outside the plane helping people to the ground, and then turns back to observe the pane, scorched and missing at least one wing. The person filming marvels: 'Yo I was just on this f—ing plane.'
Passenger John Nelson posted to Facebook following the crash, and provided a breathless running commentary as people leave the plane and make their way across the tarmac.
'We're in Toronto,' he says. 'We just landed. Our plane crashed. It's upside down. Fire department's on site. Upside down. Everybody – most people appear to be OK. We're all getting off. Smoke going on.'
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