According to U.S. and Canadian authorities, 80 passengers and crew members had to be evacuated when a Delta Air Lines regional jet crashed during landing at Toronto Pearson International Airport on Monday afternoon.
Images shared on social media from Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport showed Flight 4819 inverted after taking off.
According to Delta and the local police, a number of injured individuals were sent to nearby hospitals. According to Delta, the incident was a single-aircraft mishap.
The Federal Aviation Administration reports that the Bombardier CRJ-900 crashed at approximately 2:45 p.m. local time.
The Federal Aviation Administration reports that flights to Toronto Pearson are grounded and that the airport was closed following the incident.
BREAKING: A Delta Airlines CRJ 900 crashed and settled upside down at Toronto Pearson Airport.
Thankfully, ALL passengers survived and are accounted for. That is great news! pic.twitter.com/dXXUNkPTHU
— Errol Webber (@ErrolWebber) February 17, 2025
Flyers and the aviation community are afraid after a series of plane crashes in recent weeks.
There were no survivors of last month’s crash between a military helicopter and an American Airlines regional plane in Washington, D.C. The Bombardier CRJ-700 used by American Airlines was a scaled-down model of the aircraft that crashed in Toronto.
Seven people were killed when a medical transport jet crashed in a massive explosion close to a mall in northeast Philadelphia two days after the collision. Earlier this month, the wreckage of a passenger plane carrying ten people was discovered in Alaska.
Since 2005, when an Air France plane overran the runway without causing any injuries, Monday’s tragedy was the first significant event at Toronto Pearson.
Following a blizzard, Toronto airport officials posted on social media earlier Monday that they were clearing snow from the airfield and that strong winds were expected.
The National Transportation Safety Board of the United States announced that it was supporting the Transportation Safety Board of Canada in its investigation into the collision.
Delta stated it was aware of allegations of an incident involving Flight 4819, which was operated by Endeavor Air, a regional subsidiary based in Minneapolis.
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