Maps and graphics: Delta plane flips after crash-landing in Toronto
All 80 passengers survived after a jet flipped onto its back after a fiery crash-landing Monday at Toronto's Pearson Airport. Here's a closer look at what happened: Delta Flight 4819 took off in Minneapolis at 11:47 a.m. local time and flew for an hour and 29 minutes before trying to land in Toronto around 2:15 p.m. local time.
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In an unconfirmed video posted to X, a plane can be seen coming for a landing at a snowy airport before impacting, igniting and rolling onto its starboard side.
According to FlightRadar24, an airport weather report indicated a gusting crosswind and blowing snow at the time of the accident. "Winds were out of the west at 270° at 28 knots, gusting to 35 knots. Visibility was 6 miles with a runway visual range of 3000-6000 feet with an improving trend."
The flight tracking service also reported that the aircraft touched down on Runway 23 and came to a rest near the intersection of runways 23 and 15.
The aircraft was a Bombardier CRJ900, a longer version of the CRJ700 model that collided with a helicopter in Washington, D.C., last month in a crash that claimed 67 lives.
Hassan Shahidi, president and CEO of the Flight Safety Foundation, praised first responders at the airport. “They were there immediately dousing the aircraft with fire-resistant foam,” he said. “The Toronto airport is known for being on top of these emergency-type situations.”
Najm Meshkati, professor of engineering and expert of aviation safety at the University of Southern California, told Paste BN the speedy evacuation led by the cabin crew may have saved lives. Videos show passengers exiting the emergency doors as firefighters coated the flaming aircraft in foam.
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada, an agency of the Canadian government, will be in charge of the crash investigation, according to the FAA.
Contributing: Dinah Voyles Pulver, Minnah Arshad, Christopher Cann and Zach Wichter
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