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Yahoo
3 days ago
- Yahoo
Facing 16 lawsuits for Toronto Pearson airport crash, Delta deflects blame
Delta Air Lines denies it's entirely at fault for injuries sustained in the Feb. 17 upside-down crash at Toronto Pearson International Airport, according to a U.S. court filing reviewed by CBC News. The fiery landing — on Delta Flight 4819, operated by its subsidiary, Endeavor Air — sent 21 of the 80 people on board to hospital. The incident has prompted passengers to file at least 16 separate lawsuits in U.S. federal court, seeking unspecified damages. At least 16 Canadians, who were among the 80 people on the flight, allege in lawsuits they were injured in the crash, which took off from Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport. The Canadians' civil cases were all filed in U.S. District Court in Minnesota. "Plaintiffs claim that these injuries and losses are Delta's and Endeavor's fault, and not the fault of any other party," the companies' attorney Michael G. McQuillen wrote in a filing last month. "Defendants deny these allegations." McQuillen said further lawsuits could be filed in the case, with "the potential for more than 70 plaintiffs." The filing, dated May 22, sought to consolidate all the lawsuits — including those filed by passengers from other states — in federal court in Minnesota. More passengers have since filed their own civil complaints in connection with the Toronto crash. A CBC News review of U.S. court records finds five further cases were filed this week, including one lawsuit on behalf of a Canadian woman and a minor identified only as "G.O.G." Both plaintiffs "suffered, and continue to suffer, from extreme bodily and mental injuries and economic losses as a direct result" of the hard landing, their lawsuit states. Several of the cases were filed by Minneapolis law firm Chestnut Cambronne and use similar wording. The lawsuits allege "gross negligence and recklessness" by crew members, who were "inadequately trained and supervised" by Delta and its subsidiary. Endeavor operated the CRJ-900, built by Canadian firm Bombardier. Dark smoke could be seen billowing from the fuselage after the mid-afternoon crash. Social media posts showed passengers left hanging upside down after the jet flipped over and came to a stop on the snowy runway. Delta announced afterward it would offer $30,000 US to each passenger on the flight, saying the proposal comes with "no strings attached."Canada's Transportation Safety Board (TSB) found a warning system on the plane sent an alert "indicating a high rate of descent" less than three seconds before landing, according to a preliminary report published in March. The TSB also said that less than one second before landing, the angle of the plane's aircraft, known as the pitch attitude, was one degree. The flight operations manual states pitch attitude at touchdown should be between three and eight degrees, the report said. "It is too early to draw conclusions as to the causes of this accident," the TSB said at the time, adding a full investigation report will follow "in due course." The allegations in the lawsuits have not been tested in court. Both Delta and the Minnesota-based attorneys who filed the lawsuits, Bryan L. Bleichner and Christopher P. Renz, did not immediately respond to CBC's requests for comment on Tuesday."The whole descent seemed to be off," one of the plaintiffs, Clayton Bouffard recently told CBC from his home in Greater Sudbury, Ont. "I remember telling my wife that we seemed to be going fast." Bouffard said in an interview more than a month after the crash that he continued to have a sore neck and hadn't slept well ever since. "I'm just thankful all 80 people survived that," he said. "It's amazing we all survived."
Yahoo
5 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Facing 16 lawsuits for Toronto Pearson airport crash, Delta deflects blame
Delta Air Lines denies it's entirely at fault for injuries sustained in the Feb. 17 upside-down crash at Toronto Pearson International Airport, according to a U.S. court filing reviewed by CBC News. The fiery landing — on Delta Flight 4819, operated by its subsidiary, Endeavor Air — sent 21 of the 80 people on board to hospital. The incident has prompted passengers to file at least 16 separate lawsuits in U.S. federal court, seeking unspecified damages. At least 16 Canadians, who were among the 80 people on the flight, allege in lawsuits they were injured in the crash, which took off from Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport. The Canadians' civil cases were all filed in U.S. District Court in Minnesota. "Plaintiffs claim that these injuries and losses are Delta's and Endeavor's fault, and not the fault of any other party," the companies' attorney Michael G. McQuillen wrote in a filing last month. "Defendants deny these allegations." McQuillen said further lawsuits could be filed in the case, with "the potential for more than 70 plaintiffs." The filing, dated May 22, sought to consolidate all the lawsuits — including those filed by passengers from other states — in federal court in Minnesota. More passengers have since filed their own civil complaints in connection with the Toronto crash. A CBC News review of U.S. court records finds five further cases were filed this week, including one lawsuit on behalf of a Canadian woman and a minor identified only as "G.O.G." Both plaintiffs "suffered, and continue to suffer, from extreme bodily and mental injuries and economic losses as a direct result" of the hard landing, their lawsuit states. Several of the cases were filed by Minneapolis law firm Chestnut Cambronne and use similar wording. The lawsuits allege "gross negligence and recklessness" by crew members, who were "inadequately trained and supervised" by Delta and its subsidiary. Endeavor operated the CRJ-900, built by Canadian firm Bombardier. Dark smoke could be seen billowing from the fuselage after the mid-afternoon crash. Social media posts showed passengers left hanging upside down after the jet flipped over and came to a stop on the snowy runway. Delta announced afterward it would offer $30,000 US to each passenger on the flight, saying the proposal comes with "no strings attached."Canada's Transportation Safety Board (TSB) found a warning system on the plane sent an alert "indicating a high rate of descent" less than three seconds before landing, according to a preliminary report published in March. The TSB also said that less than one second before landing, the angle of the plane's aircraft, known as the pitch attitude, was one degree. The flight operations manual states pitch attitude at touchdown should be between three and eight degrees, the report said. "It is too early to draw conclusions as to the causes of this accident," the TSB said at the time, adding a full investigation report will follow "in due course." The allegations in the lawsuits have not been tested in court. Both Delta and the Minnesota-based attorneys who filed the lawsuits, Bryan L. Bleichner and Christopher P. Renz, did not immediately respond to CBC's requests for comment on Tuesday."The whole descent seemed to be off," one of the plaintiffs, Clayton Bouffard recently told CBC from his home in Greater Sudbury, Ont. "I remember telling my wife that we seemed to be going fast." Bouffard said in an interview more than a month after the crash that he continued to have a sore neck and hadn't slept well ever since. "I'm just thankful all 80 people survived that," he said. "It's amazing we all survived."
Fox News
18-03-2025
- General
- Fox News
Delta plane wing clips runway during botched landing at LaGuardia Airport
A Delta Air Lines plane struck its wing on the runway while landing at LaGuardia Airport in New York on Sunday night, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The FAA confirmed to Fox News Digital that the incident happened just after 10 p.m. on a flight traveling from Jacksonville, Florida, to LaGuardia. "The left-wing of Endeavor Air Flight 4814 struck the runway at LaGuardia Airport in New York while the pilot was executing a go-around due to an unstable approach," a spokesperson for the agency shared in a statement. Officials with the Port Authority confirmed to Fox News Digital that there were no injuries or impact on airport operations. The agency added that there were 76 customers, two pilots, and two flight attendants on board the flight at the time of the faulty landing. The FAA explained that a "go-around is a safe, routine maneuver performed at the discretion of a pilot or at the request of an air traffic controller." "It discontinues the landing approach and returns the aircraft to an altitude and configuration to safely make another approach. The pilot and the air traffic controller are in full command of the situation," the FAA said. The FAA added that the information is preliminary at this time and that it will investigate the incident. As of Monday afternoon, the plane was still on the ground at LaGuardia, according to WABC. A spokesperson for Delta Air Lines also shared a statement with Fox News Digital acknowledging the incident and apologizing to passengers on board. "The Endeavor Air flight crew followed established procedures to safely enact a go-around at New York-LaGuardia. The aircraft landed safely and proceeded to its arrival gate. We apologize to our customers for the experience," the statement read. It's not the only issue Delta and its subsidiary, Endeavor Air, have faced in the last couple of months. In February, a Delta Air Lines plane heading from Minneapolis to Toronto crashed while landing at Toronto's Pearson Airport. All 80 people onboard Delta Flight 4819 were evacuated, with 19 people treated for injuries — and three of them transported to local hospitals — following the crash, according to a previous statement by the FAA. The airline announced it would be offering $30,000 to each person, with "no strings attached," meaning that passengers who accept the payout could potentially still take legal action. Following the crash, Delta CEO Ed Bastian said in an interview with "CBS Mornings" that, despite critics' assertions, the Trump administration's budget cuts did not have a negative impact on aviation safety. "I understand that the cuts at this time are something that are raising questions, but the reality is there's over 50,000 people that work at the FAA. And the cuts, I understand, were 300 people, and they were in non-critical safety functions," Bastian said. "The Trump administration has committed to investing deeply in terms of improving the overall technologies that are used in the air traffic control systems and modernizing the skies," Bastian added. "They've committed to hiring additional controllers and investigators, and safety investigators. So no, I'm not concerned with that at all." The Toronto incident is one of several aviation disasters in recent months. One hundred seventy-nine people in South Korea died when a Jeju Air flight crashed into an airport's concrete barrier, and a crash involving an Azerbaijan Airlines plane killed 38 people and injured 29 on Christmas. In North America, 67 people died near Washington, D.C., on Jan. 29 when a military Black Hawk helicopter collided with an American Airlines commercial flight from Kansas. In February, 10 people died after a commuter plane crashed off the coast of Alaska. Stepheny Price is a writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business. She covers topics including missing persons, homicides, national crime cases, illegal immigration, and more. Story tips and ideas can be sent to
CNN
17-03-2025
- Entertainment
- CNN
He was lucky enough to survive the Toronto plane crash. His experience as a skier helped him film it
Pete Koukov says that when his flight from Minneapolis was about to touch down in Toronto, everything seemed fine. And then just like that, he thought he was going to die. Koukov was one of the 80 people who walked away from the wreckage of February's Delta Flight 4819. It was his extraordinary video that revealed to the world just how devastating the crash had been and how lucky all the passengers were to survive. At least 244 million people on Instagram have watched the clip, watching him clamber out of the plane, stepping down onto the snowy runway and turning to reveal the inverted fuselage that had been shorn of both wings. 'Holy f**k!' he exclaims in the video, 'Oh my f**king God. Yo, I was just on this f**king plane!' As a professional content creator, Koukov said that the decision to film his experience came to him instinctively and, as a skier, it just so happens that he's very familiar with high-risk situations. 'I was almost the best person to be taking a video in that situation,' he told CNN Sports, apologizing for his choice of words heard on the video. 'Because we film each other all the time, you get really good at it when your hands are cold, you get pretty good at pulling (the camera) out quick. Although I was in a very stressful situation, it wasn't anything that I knew I wasn't able to do, and I knew this was an insane event in my life and I made sure there was a recording of it.' It was only when he saw the exterior of the plane that he felt as though he was safe. 'There were moments of 'Are we going to blow up? Is there going to be a fire?' Until I was off the plane, that's when it was like 'OK, I can breathe,'' he said. Koukov is no stranger to finding himself in tight spots or being upside down. His social media feed shows him street skiing, a niche genre that is best described as a cross between skateboarding, parkour and alpine sports. He skis over urban structures and through tiny gaps that are in his path. In 2023, he posted a video of him skiing down the steep side of a church building in South Dakota – he wrote that climbing up it was 'the scariest thing I'll ever do.' Those experiences have led him to be a sort of jack-of-all-trades when it comes to content creation. 'Skiing is such like a niche and it's so small that you kind of do – even if you're an athlete – you kind of do more than just being an athlete, whether it's filming, editing, producing, directing,' he told CNN. 'You kind of learn how to do it all, and it's always something I've really enjoyed and wanted to do more outside of skiing.' While he wouldn't quite describe himself as an adrenaline junkie, he admits that he's attracted to recreational risks – 'and that's what kind of makes it fun.' But now that he's starred in the ultimate adrenaline video, he can't quite reconcile his role in it. 'It almost feels like a separate world,' he explained, detailing his experience of watching another video of the crash-landing on the runway. 'I'll even see the side-view perspective and it's really hard for me to put myself (there) and be, like, 'I was actually on that plane.' 'It doesn't really translate. It doesn't really make sense to me. It was hard to believe while it was happening, and it's even hard to believe now.' Koukov was heading to Toronto on a one-way ticket to shoot content for the skiing magazine Browser, but a back injury sustained in the accident means he's been advised to stay off his skis for a while. He doesn't anticipate that the crash will change his approach to skiing or its inherent risks, but he admits that flying will never be the same again. 'I travel a lot for skiing,' he said, 'And I don't think I'll ever be able to feel the same again, that's for sure.' Because he couldn't ski in Toronto, Koukov made the decision to quickly return home to Denver, a decision that he believes made it easier to face his fears because it didn't leave him any time to let the experience sink in. 'If I had waited the original three weeks, I think maybe it would have been worse,' he said. But perhaps he's already equipped to cope with the mental trauma of his experience. Koukov has been embracing risky sports like skiing and mountain biking since he was young. 'It's a challenge to overcome something, that's why we do it. You land something you didn't necessarily think you could do, and nothing really beats that feeling. It's good to scare yourself!' he said. In 1898, the former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill wrote an oft-quoted line, 'Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.' Koukov told CNN Sports he hadn't heard the quote before, but after musing on it for a moment, he put the sentiment into his own words. 'It's a pretty neat feeling to feel like I should have died and didn't. I don't know if it's necessarily a good feeling or not. It's a grateful feeling,' he said. 'I'm not saying that the tricks I do on skis are deadly by any means, but there's always consequence, and I've always kind of gravitated towards the fact that there's consequence, and that's what makes it enjoyable.'
CNN
17-03-2025
- Entertainment
- CNN
He was lucky enough to survive the Toronto plane crash. His experience as a skier helped him film it
Pete Koukov says that when his flight from Minneapolis was about to touch down in Toronto, everything seemed fine. And then just like that, he thought he was going to die. Koukov was one of the 80 people who walked away from the wreckage of February's Delta Flight 4819. It was his extraordinary video that revealed to the world just how devastating the crash had been and how lucky all the passengers were to survive. At least 244 million people on Instagram have watched the clip, watching him clamber out of the plane, stepping down onto the snowy runway and turning to reveal the inverted fuselage that had been shorn of both wings. 'Holy f**k!' he exclaims in the video, 'Oh my f**king God. Yo, I was just on this f**king plane!' As a professional content creator, Koukov said that the decision to film his experience came to him instinctively and, as a skier, it just so happens that he's very familiar with high-risk situations. 'I was almost the best person to be taking a video in that situation,' he told CNN Sports, apologizing for his choice of words heard on the video. 'Because we film each other all the time, you get really good at it when your hands are cold, you get pretty good at pulling (the camera) out quick. Although I was in a very stressful situation, it wasn't anything that I knew I wasn't able to do, and I knew this was an insane event in my life and I made sure there was a recording of it.' It was only when he saw the exterior of the plane that he felt as though he was safe. 'There were moments of 'Are we going to blow up? Is there going to be a fire?' Until I was off the plane, that's when it was like 'OK, I can breathe,'' he said. Koukov is no stranger to finding himself in tight spots or being upside down. His social media feed shows him street skiing, a niche genre that is best described as a cross between skateboarding, parkour and alpine sports. He skis over urban structures and through tiny gaps that are in his path. In 2023, he posted a video of him skiing down the steep side of a church building in South Dakota – he wrote that climbing up it was 'the scariest thing I'll ever do.' Those experiences have led him to be a sort of jack-of-all-trades when it comes to content creation. 'Skiing is such like a niche and it's so small that you kind of do – even if you're an athlete – you kind of do more than just being an athlete, whether it's filming, editing, producing, directing,' he told CNN. 'You kind of learn how to do it all, and it's always something I've really enjoyed and wanted to do more outside of skiing.' While he wouldn't quite describe himself as an adrenaline junkie, he admits that he's attracted to recreational risks – 'and that's what kind of makes it fun.' But now that he's starred in the ultimate adrenaline video, he can't quite reconcile his role in it. 'It almost feels like a separate world,' he explained, detailing his experience of watching another video of the crash-landing on the runway. 'I'll even see the side-view perspective and it's really hard for me to put myself (there) and be, like, 'I was actually on that plane.' 'It doesn't really translate. It doesn't really make sense to me. It was hard to believe while it was happening, and it's even hard to believe now.' Koukov was heading to Toronto on a one-way ticket to shoot content for the skiing magazine Browser, but a back injury sustained in the accident means he's been advised to stay off his skis for a while. He doesn't anticipate that the crash will change his approach to skiing or its inherent risks, but he admits that flying will never be the same again. 'I travel a lot for skiing,' he said, 'And I don't think I'll ever be able to feel the same again, that's for sure.' Because he couldn't ski in Toronto, Koukov made the decision to quickly return home to Denver, a decision that he believes made it easier to face his fears because it didn't leave him any time to let the experience sink in. 'If I had waited the original three weeks, I think maybe it would have been worse,' he said. But perhaps he's already equipped to cope with the mental trauma of his experience. Koukov has been embracing risky sports like skiing and mountain biking since he was young. 'It's a challenge to overcome something, that's why we do it. You land something you didn't necessarily think you could do, and nothing really beats that feeling. It's good to scare yourself!' he said. In 1898, the former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill wrote an oft-quoted line, 'Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.' Koukov told CNN Sports he hadn't heard the quote before, but after musing on it for a moment, he put the sentiment into his own words. 'It's a pretty neat feeling to feel like I should have died and didn't. I don't know if it's necessarily a good feeling or not. It's a grateful feeling,' he said. 'I'm not saying that the tricks I do on skis are deadly by any means, but there's always consequence, and I've always kind of gravitated towards the fact that there's consequence, and that's what makes it enjoyable.'
