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Yahoo
14-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Aberdeen Airport remains a popular hub for South Dakota travelers
Just a few miles east of the city's downtown business district, Aberdeen Regional Airport (ABR) utilizes Delta Connection as its lone commercial airline. The airline offers two non-stop daily flights to and from Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP). This convenient connection to the Twin Cities allows passengers direct access to reach Delta Air Lines' expansive network, with hundreds of national and international destinations. 'From there, passengers can connect to numerous airlines and cities worldwide,' City of Aberdeen Transportation Director Rich Krokel told the News. While there are no current plans to expand air service, per Krokel, this popular route will continue for the foreseeable future. Krokel also notes the radius of travelers departing ABR is geographically vast, with most of the airport's passengers coming from various towns and small cities throughout Northeast South Dakota. To top off the airport's appeal, although there are no shuttle services to other cities, parking is free for both short-term and long-term visitors at ABR. The airport's history goes back more than a century to when Aberdeen hosted the first fly-in event in South Dakota. Originally named Aberdeen Municipal Airport, the name was changed to Saunders Field in 1946 to honor Brigadier Gen. Laverne Saunders, a World War II hero from the Hub City. The Airport Board — which supervises the operation, development and improvement of ABR and associated facilities — meets on the first Thursday of each month following the first Tuesday. The seven-member group supervises the operation, development and improvement of the airport and its associated facilities. This article originally appeared on Aberdeen News: Aberdeen Regional Airport takes travelers to the Twin Cities daily
Yahoo
21-03-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Canada releases early findings on Delta flight from MSP that crashed in Toronto
A preliminary report released by the Canadian government has revealed the Delta Connection plane from the Twin Cities that crashed on landing in Toronto had warned pilots of a rapid descent, with its landing gear then breaking upon touchdown. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada issued its report on the Feb. 17 crash on Thursday, with investigators using a simulator and examining parts of the wreckage to determine their findings. The CRJ-900 plane, which was operated by Twin Cities-based Delta subsidiary Endeavor Air, flipped onto its roof upon landing at Toronto-Pearson International. According to the report, the plane's enhanced ground proximity warning system alerted pilots of a fast rate of descent around three seconds before landing. The report found that part of the plane's right landing gear fractured and folded just after touching down. The right wing also fractured, releasing a cloud of jet fuel that caught fire. The plane then began to slide along the runway, flipping upside down. The plane came to a rest while passengers and crew were upside down and suspended by their seatbelts. All 80 of the plane's passengers and crew survived. Of those on board, 21 suffered injuries, including two with serious injuries. All passengers were released from the hospital within days of the crash. The full investigation is ongoing, according to TSB. The 76 passengers on board have all been offered $30,000 payment from Delta, but a number of Canadian passengers are suing Delta for gross negligence, alleging its crew "failed to observe the most fundamental procedures for a landing approach into Pearson" and "failed to appropriately monitor flight conditions on approach." There were windy conditions in Toronto at the time of the landing, with the city having also experienced heavy snow in the days that preceded it. Following the crash, Delta CEO Ed Bastian praised the four-person crew for getting all passengers off the plane safely.
Washington Post
24-02-2025
- Washington Post
First passengers in overturned Delta flight sue, alleging negligence
After Delta Connection Flight 4819 crashed onto a Toronto airport's tarmac and flipped over last week, Marthinus Lourens hung upside down, dangling from his fastened seat belt. Lourens released himself and fell to the ceiling of the aircraft, which seconds earlier had been above his head. By then, he was 'drenched with jet fuel,' according to a new lawsuit.
Yahoo
21-02-2025
- Yahoo
'Brutal': Sunwing cancels flights, strands frustrated passengers
Toronto Pearson International Airport is mostly back to normal since Delta Connection Flight 4819's crash-landing, but two runways are still closed. Seán O'Shea looks at how those closures and other factors have caused flight disruptions, the frustration of passengers, and the compensation they may be entitled to.
Yahoo
20-02-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Delta offers $30K to passengers on crash flight; CEO backs experienced pilots
Delta is offering passengers on Flight 4819 from Minneapolis that crash-landed in Toronto $30,000 each. The offer to the 76 passengers, all of whom survived when the CRJ-900 crashed upon landing and flipped on its roof, "has no strings attached and does not affect rights." With 76 passengers, a $30,000 payment to each would total just over $2.2 million from Delta. On Wednesday, CEO Ed Bastian says the pilots on Delta Connection flight are experienced fliers, and praised the four-person crew for getting all passengers off the plane safely. Speaking to CBS on Tuesday, Bastian said that the crew from Minneapolis-based Delta subsidiary Endeavor Air "performed heroically, but also as expected." While investigations continue into the cause of the crash – and Bastian wouldn't be drawn into speculating as to the cause – the CEO was adamant that the pilots in control of the plane are as highly trained as any other Delta pilot. "Absolutely it was an experienced crew," he said. "There's one level of safety between our mainline and our regional jets. All these pilots train for these conditions, they fly under all kinds of conditions at all the airports in which we operate," he continued. Of the pilots and crew, Bastian said: "The fact they were able to evacuate that plane as expeditiously as they did under extreme conditions, coupled with the fact all 80 people walked off the pane with limited physical injuries is a testament to the safety that's embedded in the systems." Authorities say 21 people were injured in the crash, which saw the plane appear to buckle as it landed in windy conditions, before flipping onto its roof. All but one of the passengers hospitalized have since been released. Video of the crash appeared to show the landing gear on the right side of the plane buckle as it touched down, with the plane tilting to the right, shearing off its right wing before flipping on its roof. "It's horrifying when you look at the video," Bastian told CBS. "I received a text minutes after it happened, hearing that there was a regional jet upside down." "Air travel in the U.S. is the safest form of travel period and it's because we train for events like this."
