At least 18 people were injured when a Delta Air Lines flight from Minneapolis crashed upon landing at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Canada, according to the FAA and local authorities.
In a post on X at 1:57 p.m. on Monday, the airport said it was aware of an “incident” involving a Delta Air Lines plane from Minneapolis upon landing.
All passengers and crew were accounted for, according to the post. Footage posted on social media showed the aircraft upside down on the runway.
At a news briefing on Monday evening, Toronto Pearson CEO Deborah Flint said that of those hurt, none were in critical condition.
Earlier in the day, Lawrence Saindon, a superintendent for Peel Regional Paramedic Services, said 12 people were injured and transported to hospitals with minor injuries. A man in his 60s and a woman in her 40s were airlifted to local trauma centers in critical condition, and one child was taken by ground ambulance to a children’s hospital with critical injuries, according to Toronto Air Ambulance.
Eighteen people were injured when a Delta Air Lines flight from Minneapolis crashed upon landing at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Canada, according to the FAA and local authorities.
The Federal Aviation Administration said Delta Air Lines Flight 4819, which was operated by Endeavor Air, crashed while landing at the airport at around 2:45 p.m. There were 80 people onboard at the time.
A ground stop was issued immediately following the crash and all departures and arrivals were canceled, according to the airport. Flights later resumed at 5 p.m.
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada will be in charge of the investigation, according to the FAA. The TSB, in a post on X, said it was deploying a team of investigators and it “will gather information and assess the occurrence.”
The National Transportation Safety Board said it is leading a team of investigators to assist the TSB with their investigation.
Delta, in a statement, said Delta Connection Flight 4819, which was operated by Endeavor Air using a CRJ900 aircraft, was involved in a “single-aircraft accident” at Toronto Pearson International Airport.
“Initial reports were that there are no fatalities,” the airline stated, in part. “Several customers with injuries were transported to area hospitals. Our primary focus is taking care of those impacted.”
The flight was carrying a total of 76 passengers and four crew members, according to Delta.
Delta canceled all of its flights into and out of Toronto Pearson on Monday evening and issued a travel waiver to affected customers.
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“The hearts of the entire global Delta family are with those affected by today’s incident at Toronto-Pearson International Airport,” Delta CEO Ed Bastian said in a statement. “I want to express my thanks to the many Delta and Endeavor team members and the first responders on site.
While it wasn’t immediately clear if weather played a role, the incident occurred amid continued snowfall in the region and follows back-to-back winter storms. At the time of the crash, Toronto was experiencing steady winds from the west at 20 to 30 miles per hour, with gusts of up to 40 miles per hour.
The crash follows a string of aviation disasters and close calls that have prompted worries about flying.
An American Airlines passenger jet and an Army helicopter crashed near Washington, D.C., on Jan. 29, marking the deadliest plane crash in the U.S. since Nov. 12, 2001. Two days later, a medical transportation plane crashed shortly after takeoff in Philadelphia, killing a child patient, her mother and four other individuals who were onboard. A person in a vehicle on the ground was also killed.
Shortly after, a commuter flight that crashed on Alaska sea ice, killing all 10 aboard.
