According to officials, a Delta Air Lines plane carrying 80 passengers crashed Monday at the Toronto airport, flipping upside down and injuring at least 17 people but not killing anyone.
After departing from Minneapolis in the US state of Minnesota, Endeavor Air flight 4819, with 76 passengers and four crew members, was landing in Canada’s largest city in the afternoon, the airline reported.
AFP was informed by paramedic services Three of the 17 injured—a lady in her 40s, a guy in his 60s, and a child—were critically injured. According to Delta, 18 individuals were hurt.
All wounded, including those with minor injuries, were taken to area hospitals either by ambulance or helicopter, said the paramedic services’ Lawrence Saindon.
No explanation of the cause of the accident, or how the plane ended up on its back with its wings clipped, has been provided.
People were seen staggering away from the upside-down CRJ-900 airliner in dramatic photos that were televised locally and circulated on social media, protecting their faces from the snow and severe wind gusts.
As smoke billowed from the fuselage and people continued to disembark, firefighters seemed to douse the airplane with water.
Deborah Flint, the chief executive of the Toronto Airport Authority, stated at a press conference that no other aircraft were involved in the incident.
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.
Following the incident, the airport suspended all flights; however, more than two hours later, at approximately 5:00 pm local time, the flights were resumed. Passengers should anticipate lengthy delays, it stated.
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