The plane crashed, causing 18 passengers to be injured after he flipped his back at Toronto's Pearson International Airport on Monday afternoon, officials said he was injured after heavy weekend snow led to flight delays and cancellations. It states.
Deborah Flint, president and CEO of the Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA), said all 76 passengers and four crew members of the Delta Line flight from Minneapolis to Toronto were described. There were 22 Canadians on board, she added. The other passengers were multinational.
“We are extremely grateful for the loss of life and relatively minor injuries,” Flint told reporters, and the quick response was from the airport's “heroic” first responder. He added that.
“We are very focused on care and concerns and passengers and crew, some of which have already been reintegrated with friends and family, and we have received a lot of attention and support from my staff. ”
In an update Monday night, the GTAA said 17 injured people were taken to hospital immediately, while another person was later transported. Delta Air Line also said 18 people were injured in an update Monday evening.
Peter Carlson, a passenger on a Delta plane flying to Toronto for an emergency meeting, said in an exclusive interview with CBC News chief correspondent Adrian Arceneau, “powerful” the landing suddenly turned everything sideways. He said it was an event.
“The next thing I know was that there was a bit of a blink, I was upside down, still tied up,” he said.
“It was cement and metal,” he added. “The absolute first feeling is just that we need to get out of it.”
The number of injured people has fluctuated reporting since the crash occurred. Previously, a total of 15 passengers were injured after the peeled community emergency services at the Mississauga Service Services service, which is located just outside Toronto, said eight people were injured. I said that.
National's Adrian Arceneau talks with Delta passenger Pete Carlson about the moments before, during and after the plane rolls into his back.
The child flew to the hospital
Ontario's air ambulance Orunge was taken to a Toronto hospital for a sick child with a child seriously injured, and at Toronto Hospital, where a man in his 60s and a woman in his 40s were also seriously injured. He said he was transported.
However, it was not confirmed by Flint. Flint said the airport operator didn't know how many people were seriously injured.
Three ambulance helicopters and two Critical Careland ambulances were sent to the scene, Ornge said.
Local police skin. Sarah Patten told Reuters that most passengers are unharmed, but “but we're still trying to make sure, so we're still investigating the scene.”
A video posted to Facebook shows people getting off the plane upside down on the runway as fire trucks spray water on the capsized aircraft. Toronto's Pearson Airport said in a post by X that it is responding to an emergency involving a plane arriving from Minneapolis on Monday afternoon.
Departures and arrivals on the remaining three runways at the airport were stopped after a collision landing by a Delta plane, but they resumed as of 5pm EST, Flint told reporters. As the investigation continues, the two runways will remain closed.
Flint said Delta Line Flight 4819, operated by auxiliary efforts, was involved in a “single aircraft accident” upon landing.
GTAA fire chief Todd Aitken told reporters Monday night the runway was dry and there were no crosswinds.
David McNair, former Canada's Road Safety Board, questioned Aitken's comments on the wind, saying instructions given to pilots just before landing showed that the crosswind was up to 17 knots. . The notification to airmen also noted that there was snow on the runway.
The airport said it was expecting a busy day on Sunday as the airline caught up after a 22cm snowfall over the weekend. More than 130,000 travelers were expected to board around 1,000 flights, the post said in a Monday morning.
“Everyone on that plane suddenly got very close.”
Passenger Carlson said he had taken off his seat belt after the plane had turned over. He remained fixed during landing and struck the ceiling, which had become a floor.
“What I saw was that everyone on that plane suddenly became very close in terms of how to help each other, how to comfort each other. It was powerful, but clear. Are we far away from now?”
Carlson said he tried to help the woman and her son get off the plane.
Canada's Road Safety Board said it was sending a team to investigate. The US National Traffic Safety Commission said it is supporting the investigation on social media.
The plane has been reused
Other airports had accepted planes repurposed from Pearson, such as Hamilton International Airport and Montreal's Trudeau International Airport.
Audio recordings from Pearson's Air Traffic Control Tower were cleared to have Delta Line flight landing just after 2pm ET, with the tower being piloted to “uplift” on gliding paths from the aircraft before it This indicates that the warning is about possible airflow. According to a report from the Canadian media.
There was no further conversation with the Delta flight until the Tower confirmed that the plane had crashed. Air traffic controllers quickly redirected traffic to accommodate crash scenes.
A video posted to Snapchat by passengers on Ashley Zook shows the short aftermath of a Delta Air Lines plane from Minneapolis that turned over when it landed at Toronto's Pearson airport on Monday.
Audio conversations from ground crews at the airport record an explosion of fuss from workers almost simultaneously, screaming at others to “get off the phone,” and another crew member was forced to “a big emergency.” I've explained it.
A few minutes later, the recording allowed us to hear air traffic controls in a recording that directed the Medebac helicopter to land, noting that there were people walking around the aircraft.
“Yeah, we have it,” replies Medevac. “The aircraft is… burning upside down.”
The Delta Airplane, the Mitsubishi CRJ-900LR, has a capacity of 95 seats and was built by Bombardier Inc. According to the website, it has been registered with Delta since January 2010.
In an online update posted Monday afternoon, Delta said it was aware of the crash involving Flight 4819, operated by its subsidiary.
“Our main focus is taking care of those affected,” the update said. “Delta is working to connect with customers traveling from or through YYZ, who need to monitor flight status through the Fly Delta app.”
Airline pilot Joshua Schillard has nationwide discussions about whether a passenger jet jumped up at Toronto's Pearson airport and why he thinks the crash is a sign of air travel safety.
Union Transport Minister Anita Anand posted on his previous Twitter account, X. She has been closely followed by “serious incidents.”
“We recommend that passengers driving in Canada today check the status of their flights before they go to the airport due to traffic impacts from repurposed flights,” she said.
Toronto Mayor Olivia Chau was posted on X on Monday and she was released that all passengers and crew members had been described.
“We appreciate the initial responders, crew and airport staff for their prompt action and commitment to keeping everyone safe,” she said.
Ontario's liberal leader Bonnie Chrome is a progressive conservative leader Doug Ford, Green Party leader Mike Schleiner and NDP leader Marit Styles, who are deadly. He expressed his peace of mind on social media that he has not yet had any.
The situation has been “damaged,” airport passengers say
Barb Fraser, a passenger who wasn't on the plane but was at the airport, said he was back home to Vancouver from a Sunday morning gymnastics tournament, but the flight was cancelled due to the weather. Then she lost her baggage.
“Have you seen luggage at Terminal 1 and Terminal 4? You have luggage everywhere,” she said.
Now, her second day is home, calling it a “unfortunate accident on the runway.”
“As far as the situation goes, no one has got the answer yet, so it's pretty bad, so that's not great,” Fraser said.
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However, Ferro said, “We must thank the survivors.”
