At least 15 people have been taken to the hospital, per Peel Regional Paramedic Services. It’s unclear what led to the dangerous incident on Flight 4819, but winds in Toronto were extremely high on Monday afternoon, reaching 40mph on the ground.
At least three of those injured are listed in critical condition, including a child.
A Delta plane crash-landed at Toronto’s Pearson international airport on Monday. Images from the scene show the plane upside down on the airport runway
A Delta plane crash-landed at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport on Monday.
At least 15 people have been taken to the hospital, per Peel Regional Paramedic Services. It’s unclear what led to the dangerous incident on Flight 4819, but winds in Toronto were extremely high on Monday afternoon, reaching 40mph on the ground.
At least three of those injured are listed in critical condition, including a child.
Aviation obsessives speculated on a message board that the jet may have been flipped by strong crosswinds.
Stunned survivors also filmed themselves inside the plane after it flipped, and on the tarmac once they’d escaped.
Ashley Zook, who took to Snapchat, said: ‘I was just in a plane crash. Oh my god.’
The plane, a Bombardier CR900, was operated by a regional airline, Endeavor Air, a wholly owned subsidiary of Delta Air Lines headquartered in Minneapolis. It was carrying 76 passengers and four crew members.
It appears there was at least a small fire sparked by the landing but it was quickly subdued
Emergency crews surrounded the plane after the crash landing
