Emergency services are currently responding to an “incident” after a Delta Airlines flight crash-landed at Toronto Pearson International Airport.
The airport released a statement confirming the situation: “Toronto Pearson is aware of an incident involving a Delta Airlines flight from Minneapolis. Emergency teams are on-site. All passengers and crew are accounted for.”
The AFA-CWA, the flight attendants’ union, shared an update on Twitter: “Our union is addressing an incident in Toronto with Delta Airlines Endeavor Flight 4819. AFA crew were on board. Reports indicate no fatalities. Please refrain from speculation as teams work to gather information and provide support.”
Constable Sarah Patten from the Peel Regional Police in Ontario added: “As far as I understand, most passengers are safe and unharmed, but we’re still confirming details and conducting an investigation at the scene.”
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Delta Flight 4819, which departed from Minneapolis earlier today, has been involved in a crash landing, with videos circulating online showing the aircraft flipped onto its side on a snowy runway.
Local news outlets, including CP24, report that at least eight people were injured in the incident, although the exact severity of the injuries has not yet been confirmed.
The flight reportedly had 80 passengers on board.
The Toronto area received nine inches of snow over the weekend, according to the New York Post, leading officials to clear the runway on Sunday (February 16) in preparation for Monday’s (February 17) flights.
This comes just weeks after a tragic crash involving an American Airlines flight in Washington DC.
On January 29, an American Airlines commercial plane, attempting to land at Ronald Reagan National Airport, collided with a Black Hawk military helicopter. Tragically, all 64 passengers aboard the plane, as well as the three crew members on the helicopter, lost their lives.
Both aircraft crashed into the Potomac River, prompting a large-scale search operation that eventually shifted from a rescue mission to a recovery effort.
Data from the flight recorder of American Airlines Flight 5342 revealed discrepancies in altitude readings between the plane and the helicopter at the time of the crash. According to the NTSB, the flight data indicated the plane was flying at approximately 325 feet, with a 25-foot margin of error. However, air traffic control records suggested the helicopter was operating at an altitude of around 200 feet when the collision occurred.
