PASSENGERS SURVIVE FLIPPED DELTA PLANE UPON LANDING -Passengers brace for delay in Toronto Airport
Pearson International Airport President and CEO Deborah Flint has announced that passengers aboard a Delta Air Lines flight that flipped upside down upon landing at Toronto Pearson Airport, amid windy weather following a snowstorm, survived the incident.
“We are very grateful that there was no loss of life and relatively minor injuries,” Flint added. 17 injured passengers were taken to hospital. Passengers at Toronto’s airport braced for delays and cancellations after the incident.
Delta said a CRJ900 aircraft operated by its Endeavor Air subsidiary was involved in a single-aircraft accident with 76 passengers and four crew aboard. The CRJ900, made by Canada’s Bombardier, can seat up to 90 people.
The cause of the crash was unknown. The Delta plane touched down in Toronto at 19:13 GMT after an 86-minute flight and came to rest near the intersection of Runway 23 and Runway 15, according to flight tracking website FlightRadar24
Pearson Airport said earlier Monday it was dealing with high winds and frigid temperatures as airlines attempted to catch up with missed flights after a weekend snowstorm dumped over 22 cm (8.6 inches) of snow at the airport.
