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USA Today
18-02-2025
- General
- USA Today
Delta Air Lines plane flips over on runway: See photos of dramatic crash in Toronto
A dramatic crash landing Monday afternoon at a Toronto airport left a commercial airplane upside down on a runway as passengers were forced to disembark out the emergency exit doors. It was not immediately clear what caused the aircraft to flip upside down while landing during the flight from Minneapolis, Minnesota to Canada's Toronto Pearson Airport. While no one was killed in the wild crash – the latest in a series of North American aviation disasters in recent weeks – 18 of the 80 people aboard the Delta Airlines regional jet were injured, according to airport officials. The airport was shut down for more than two hours before departures and arrivals resumed, even as the FAA warned that inbound flights were still being delayed at their departure airports. Further disruptions were expected in the coming days as two runways will be shut down so authorities can investigate the scene of the crash. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada will be in charge of the investigation, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The National Transportation Safety Board added that it will be leading a team of U.S. investigators to assist. Toronto plane crash:Investigation into why Delta plane flipped on its roof is underway Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. See photos of Toronto plane crash 18 injured in latest North American aviation disaster All 80 people on board the airplane, including 76 passengers and four crew members, were seen in videos shared on social media evacuating out of the emergency exit doors. Eighteen people, including one child, were treated at nearby hospitals for injuries – none of which were serious, Lawrence Saindon, a superintendent for Peel Regional Paramedic Services, said. Experts have said that the aircraft's size and design, as well as the use of seat belts, all played a factor in keeping those on board from serious harm or death. Although experts have said air travel remains extremely safe, Monday's crash in Canada is at least the fifth aviation disaster in 2025, USA TODAY reported. That includes a high-profile deadly crash in Washington DC on Jan. 29 in which a military Black Hawk helicopter collided in midair with an American Airlines regional jet, killing 67 people near Ronald Reagan National Airport. Contributing: Zach Wichter, Nathan Diller, Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY Eric Lagatta covers breaking and trending news for USA TODAY. Reach him at elagatta@
USA Today
18-02-2025
- Climate
- USA Today
Investigation into why Delta plane flipped on its roof is underway
Investigation into why Delta plane flipped on its roof is underway 18 people were injured when Delta Air Lines flight 4819 out of Minnesota flipped on its roof while landing at Toronto's Pearson International Airport. Here's what we know. Show Caption Hide Caption Officials confirm no fatalities in Toronto airport plane crash There were no fatalities, but more than a dozen were injured after a plane crashed and flipped at Toronto Pearson International Airport. Investigators have begun working to identify what caused a Delta Air Lines regional jet to flip on its roof while landing at Canada's Toronto Pearson Airport, injuring 18 of the 80 people on the flight from Minnesota. The passenger jet carrying 76 passengers and four crew members crashed as it was attempting to land around 2:45 p.m. local time, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a preliminary statement. The CRJ-900 plane had departed from Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport. Eighteen injured passengers were transported to hospitals with minor to moderate injuries, the airport said in a statement Monday night. Of those injured, two adults were taken to two different trauma centers by air ambulance and one child was transported to a children's hospital, according to Lawrence Saindon, a superintendent for Peel Regional Paramedic Services. More: Upside-down plane: Experts weigh in on Delta flight flip-over in Toronto Immediately after the crash, Canada's busiest airport shut down all of its runways. The airport resumed departures and arrivals by 5 p.m., it said in a statement. The airport said earlier on Monday that it was dealing with frigid temperatures and high winds as airlines attempted to catch up with missed flights following a weekend snowstorm that dumped over 8.6 inches of snow at the airport. It's unclear what role, if any, the weather had in the crash. Todd Aitken, Toronto Pearson Airport's fire chief, said at a news conference that it was inappropriate for him to comment on the ongoing investigation, but he noted that the "runway was dry and there was no cross wind conditions." The Transportation Safety Board of Canada will be in charge of the investigation, according to the FAA. The National Transportation Safety Board added that it will be leading a team of U.S. investigators to assist in the investigation. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said FAA investigators were on their way to Toronto and said he has been in touch with his Canadian counterpart to offer assistance with the investigation.
Khaleej Times
18-02-2025
- General
- Khaleej Times
Video: At least 18 injured as Delta plane flips upside down in Toronto crash
A Delta Air Lines jet with 80 people onboard crash-landed Monday at Toronto's main airport, officials said, flipping upside down and leaving at least 18 people injured but causing no deaths. Endeavor Air Flight 4819 with 76 passengers and four crew was landing in the afternoon in Canada's largest metropolis, having flown from Minneapolis in the US state of Minnesota, the airline said. No explanation of the cause of the accident, or how the plane ended up flipped with its wings clipped, has been provided. Stay up to date with the latest news. Follow KT on WhatsApp Channels. "It's very early on. It's really important that we do not speculate. What we can say is the runway was dry and there was no crosswind conditions," said Todd Aitken, the airport's fire chief. He confirmed that 18 people had been injured in the accident, with no fatalities. Earlier, paramedic services told AFP three people were critically injured — a child, a man in his 60s and a woman in her 40s. All of the wounded, including those with minor injuries, were taken to area hospitals either by ambulance or helicopter, said the paramedic services' Lawrence Saindon. Dramatic images on local broadcasts and shared on social media showed people stumbling away from the upside down CRJ-900 plane, shielding their faces from strong gusts of wind and blowing snow. Fire crews appeared to douse the aircraft with water as smoke wafted from the fuselage and as passengers were still exiting the plane. Toronto airport authority chief executive Deborah Flint told a news conference the incident did not involve any other planes. Emergency crews were "heroic" in their response, she said, "reaching the site within minutes and quickly evacuating the passengers". Some of them "have already been reunited with their friends and their families," she added. The airport suspended all flights after the incident, before resuming them at around 5pm local time, more than two hours later. It said passengers should expect long delays. 'It's upside down' Facebook user John Nelson, who said he was a passenger on the flight, posted a video from the tarmac showing the overturned aircraft and narrated: "Our plane crashed. It's upside down." "Most people appear to be okay. We're all getting off," he added. Delta said the flight operated by its subsidiary Endeavor had been "involved in an incident". "Initial reports were that there are no fatalities," the airline said through a spokesperson's statement. "The hearts of the entire global Delta family are with those affected by today's incident at Toronto-Pearson International Airport," Delta chief executive Ed Bastian said. A massive snow storm hit eastern Canada on Sunday. Strong winds and bone-chilling temperatures could still be felt in Toronto on Monday when airlines added flights to make up for weekend cancellations due to the storm. "The snow has stopped coming down, but frigid temperatures and high winds are moving in," the airport warned earlier, adding that it was "expecting a busy day in our terminals with over 130,000 travellers on board around 1,000 flights." Federal Transport Minister Anita Anand confirmed there were 80 people on the flight. "I'm closely following the serious incident at the Pearson Airport involving Delta Airlines flight 4819 from Minneapolis," she posted on X. Ontario Premier Doug Ford said he was "relieved there are no casualties after the incident." Canada's Transportation Safety Board deployed a team of investigators to the site of the crash. They will be assisted by the US Federal Aviation Administration, which also sent a team to the scene, according to US Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy. The crash comes after other recent air incidents in North America including a mid-air collision between a US Army helicopter and a passenger jet in Washington that killed 67 people, and a medical transport plane crash in Philadelphia that left seven dead.
Yahoo
18-02-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Delta plane flips upside down in Toronto crash, at least 18 injured
A Delta Air Lines jet with 80 people onboard crash-landed Monday at Toronto's main airport, officials said, flipping upside down and leaving at least 18 people injured but causing no deaths. Endeavor Air Flight 4819 with 76 passengers and four crew was landing in the afternoon in Canada's largest metropolis, having flown from Minneapolis in the US state of Minnesota, the airline said. No explanation of the cause of the accident, or how the plane ended up flipped with its wings clipped, has been provided. "It's very early on. It's really important that we do not speculate. What we can say is the runway was dry and there was no crosswind conditions," said Todd Aitken, the airport's fire chief. He confirmed that 18 people had been injured in the accident, with no fatalities. Earlier, paramedic services told AFP three people were critically injured -- a child, a man in his 60s and a woman in her 40s. All of the wounded, including those with minor injuries, were taken to area hospitals either by ambulance or helicopter, said the paramedic services' Lawrence Saindon. Dramatic images on local broadcasts and shared on social media showed people stumbling away from the upside down CRJ-900 plane, shielding their faces from strong gusts of wind and blowing snow. Fire crews appeared to douse the aircraft with water as smoke wafted from the fuselage and as passengers were still exiting the plane. Toronto airport authority chief executive Deborah Flint told a news conference the incident did not involve any other planes. Emergency crews were "heroic" in their response, she said, "reaching the site within minutes and quickly evacuating the passengers." Some of them "have already been reunited with their friends and their families," she added. The airport suspended all flights after the incident, before resuming them at around 5:00 pm local time, more than two hours later. It said passengers should expect long delays. - 'It's upside down' - Facebook user John Nelson, who said he was a passenger on the flight, posted a video from the tarmac showing the overturned aircraft and narrated: "Our plane crashed. It's upside down." "Most people appear to be okay. We're all getting off," he added. Delta said the flight operated by its subsidiary Endeavor had been "involved in an incident." "Initial reports were that there are no fatalities," the airline said through a spokesperson's statement. "The hearts of the entire global Delta family are with those affected by today's incident at Toronto-Pearson International Airport," Delta chief executive Ed Bastian said. A massive snow storm hit eastern Canada on Sunday. Strong winds and bone-chilling temperatures could still be felt in Toronto on Monday when airlines added flights to make up for weekend cancellations due to the storm. "The snow has stopped coming down, but frigid temperatures and high winds are moving in," the airport warned earlier, adding that it was "expecting a busy day in our terminals with over 130,000 travellers on board around 1,000 flights." Federal Transport Minister Anita Anand confirmed there were 80 people on the flight. "I'm closely following the serious incident at the Pearson Airport involving Delta Airlines flight 4819 from Minneapolis," she posted on X. Ontario Premier Doug Ford said he was "relieved there are no casualties after the incident." Canada's Transportation Safety Board deployed a team of investigators to the site of the crash. They will be assisted by the US Federal Aviation Administration, which also sent a team to the scene, according to US Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy. The crash comes after other recent air incidents in North America including a mid-air collision between a US Army helicopter and a passenger jet in Washington that killed 67 people, and a medical transport plane crash in Philadelphia that left seven dead. amc-tib-amp/aha/jgc
Fox News
18-02-2025
- General
- Fox News
Toronto plane crash: Audio shows officials reacting to 'upside down and burning' Delta jet on tarmac
Air traffic control audio released on Monday shows the tense moment officials realized that Delta Connection flight 4819 was burning on the tarmac of Toronto Pearson Airport. The flight, which involved a CRJ-900 jet operated by Endeavor Air, crashed while landing at the Canadian airport at around 2:15 p.m. on Monday. 80 people, including 76 passengers and 4 crew members, were on board at the time. No one was killed in the crash, though at least 18 injuries were reported, including three critical injuries. At roughly 2:13 p.m., an official was heard saying, "This airplane just crashed." "Just so you're aware, there's people also walking around the aircraft there," an observer says moments later. "Yeah, we've got it," a man is heard responding. "The aircraft there's upside down and burning." The flight left Minneapolis-St. Paul airport earlier that day. Operations at Toronto Pearson Airport paused in the wake of the incident, though departures and arrivals resumed at around 5 p.m. Of the three critically injured patients, one was a four-year-old child taken to The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. The two other patients were taken by air ambulance to two different trauma centers in Toronto: Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center and St. Michael's Hospital. Peel Regional Paramedic Services Superintendent Lawrence Saindon told Fox News Digital that among the critical injuries, none were life-threatening. "The remaining ones are all walking wounded, with cuts and scrapes, nothing serious at all," Saindon said. In a statement on X, Delta said that its primary focus is "taking care of those impacted," and CEO Ed Bastian issued a statement expressing sympathy for those affected by the flight. "The hearts of the entire global Delta family are with those affected by today's incident at Toronto-Pearson International Airport," Bastian's statement read. "I want to express my thanks to the many Delta and Endeavor team members and the first responders on site." Emergency response expert Jason Pack told Fox News Digital that the incident highlights how Canadian officials react differently in these situations than Americans. "Canada's emergency response system shares many similarities with other countries, but also key differences in how first responders work together," Pack noted, adding that Canada's airport firefighters are "highly specialized" in aircraft emergencies. "[Canadian] paramedics use a structured triage system to sort and transport patients to trauma centers," Pack added. "However, unlike in the U.S., where firefighters often double as paramedics, Canada keeps these roles separate, meaning EMS teams must arrive in large numbers to handle medical care." Authorities are actively investigating the incident.
