Delta Air Lines announced earlier this week that it would provide $30,000 in compensation to each passenger on a plane crashed while landing at Toronto Pearson International Airport. An airline spokesman confirmed on Wednesday that AFP was “not marked with a string” and that it did not affect the legal rights of passengers.
The accident occurred Monday as a delta flight from Minneapolis, Minnesota, took a hard landing and flipped the aircraft upside down. The crash swirled fire and thick black smoke into the air, but miraculously none of the 80 people on board were killed.
Delta reported 21 passengers suffered injuries but remained hospitalized Wednesday morning. Emergency responders treated the victims for a variety of conditions, including reverse sprain, head injuries, anxiety, and headaches.
Video footage of the crash, verified by AFP, captured the tragic moment when the Bombardier CRJ-900 crashed into the runway, rolling and stopped on the roof, causing its wing torn apart by impact.
The Canada Road Safety Board has teamed up with the Federal Aviation Administration, Delta and Mitsubishi, which took over the line of CRJ aircraft from Bombardier in 2019 to begin an investigation into the cause of the crash.
The Toronto crash is the latest in a series of famous aviation accidents in North America. Last week, a US Army helicopter collided with a passenger jet in Washington into the air, killing 67 people. Additionally, a medical transport crashed in Philadelphia, killing seven people.
Once authorities investigate the cause of the Delta crash, the airline's offer of quick compensation aimed at addressing passenger concerns while remaining unanswered broader aviation safety questions. I'm here.
