A CRJ900 aircraft from Minneapolis, Minnesota crash-landed on Monday at Delta Airport.
The airplane landed on its roof after it skidded along the highway with visible flames. The firefighters appeared on the scene almost immediately to rescue passengers.
According to the paramedics who took over the scene, there were no fatalities. Out of 80 passengers in the seat, 18 passengers had injuries and just a few seemed to have serious injuries.
However, ears are still on the ground in case there’s more to it. No one could tell the cause of the crash either.
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In an interview, Todd Aitken; the fire chief said “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”.
The Toronto Airport Authority chief executive, Deborah Flint commended and credited the firefighters for their unarguably “heroic” response as they showed up on time and evacuated the passengers.
22 passengers were reported to be Canadians while the remaining 79 were Multinationals. One of the passengers shared video footage of the incident during the time of the rescue.
He said while filming the incident “Our plane crashed, it’s upside down. Most people appear to be OK. We’re all getting off, there’s some smoke going on,” he also added
After the incident, the airport was closed as investigations were still going on. Passengers were informed there would be delays.
“They got rid of everybody from customs to security, and then put everybody back to the general area,” James Turner, one of the passengers at customs told the media,
It was around 5 O’Clock p.m., that it was reopened for onboarding.
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.
