Delta Airlines plane, with 80 onboard, crash lands at Canada’s Toronto Pearson airport, flips upside down.
- All 80 people onboard the plane were evacuated but at least 15 people, including a child, were injured in the crash and two people are said to be in critical condition.
The Delta Airlines plane 4819, which had 76 passengers and 4 crew members, departed from Minneapolis’ St. Paul International Airport and was bound for Ontario’s Toronto Pearson International Airport.
The Toronto Pearson airport in a statement on X said, “Toronto Pearson is aware of an incident upon landing involving a Delta Airlines plane arriving from Minneapolis. Emergency teams are responding. All passengers and crew are accounted for.”
A medical transport service, Ornge, said that it transported three people to different hospitals who were critically injured, including a “paediatric patient” and a man in his 60s, the BBC reported. The man in 60s was admitted to St Michael’s Hospital in Toronto while another patient was taken to Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto.
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a statement shortly after the plane crash landed at the Toronto Pearson airport and confirmed that all 80 people onboard the aircraft were evacuated and that the Transportation Safety Board of Canada will be in charge of the investigation.
The FAA said, “Delta Air Lines Flight 4819, operated by Endeavor Air, crashed while landing at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Canada around 14:45 local time.
Canada’s Transport Minister Anita Anand issued a statement on X and said that she was closely following the “serious incident” at Toronto airport involving Delta Airlines flight 4819 from Minneapolis.
Anita, in a post on X said, “All 80 passengers onboard are accounted for. Updates will follow.” The cause of the crash and the plane flipping upside down is still unknown.
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