Delta Airlines flight flips over on landing at Toronto鈥檚 Pearson Airport and 8 people are hurt
Feb 17, 2025, 12:45 PM | Updated: 11:02 pm
This image taken from video provided by CTV shows emergency crews responding at Toronto Pearson Airport after a plane crash, Monday, Feb. 17, 2025. (CTV via AP)
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TORONTO (AP) 鈥� A badly injured child is among eight people who were hurt Monday when a Delta Airlines plane flipped upon arrival at Toronto鈥檚 Pearson Airport.
The airport confirmed on X that an 鈥渋ncident鈥� occurred with the Delta flight from Minneapolis and that all 80 passengers and crew are accounted for. Three of the eight people hurt are critically injured, paramedics said. Delta said in a statement the accident happened at 3:30 p.m.
Video from the scene shows the Mitsubishi CRJ-900LR upside down on the snowy tarmac as emergency workers hose it down. The plane was somewhat obscured by snow from a winter storm that hit Toronto over the weekend.
Ornge air ambulance said it was transporting one pediatric patient to Toronto鈥檚 SickKids hospital and two adults with critical injuries to other hospitals in the city.
鈥淓mergency teams are responding,鈥� the airport said in a post on the social platform X. 鈥淎ll passengers and crew are accounted for.鈥�
It is too early to say what caused the plane to flip but weather may have played a factor. According to the Meteorological Service of Canada, the airport was experiencing blowing snow and winds of 32 mph (51 kph) gusting to 40 mph (65 kph). The temperature was about 16.5 degrees Fahrenheit (-8.6 Celsius).
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement that the Transportation Safety Board of Canada will head up the investigation and provide any updates. The National Transportation Safety Board said it is leading a team of U.S. investigators to assist in the Canadian investigation.
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Delta said in a statement that 鈥渋nitial reports were that there are no fatalities.鈥�
鈥淪everal customers with injuries were transported to area hospitals. Our primary focus is taking care of those impacted,鈥� the airline added.
Ontario鈥檚 Premier Doug Ford said on X he is 鈥渞elieved there are no casualties after the incident at Toronto Pearson.鈥� Toronto is the capital of Ontario.
鈥淧rovincial officials are in contact with the airport and local authorities and will provide any help that鈥檚 needed,鈥� Ford said.
Endeavor Air, based in Minneapolis, is a subsidiary of Delta Air Lines and the world鈥檚 largest operator of CRJ-900 aircraft. The airline operates 130 regional jets on 700 daily flights to over 126 cities in the U.S., Canada and the Caribbean, according to the company鈥檚 website.
The CRJ900, a popular regional jet, was developed by Canadian aerospace company Bombardier. It鈥檚 in the same family of aircraft as the CRJ700, the type of plane involved in the midair collision near Reagan National Airport on Jan. 29.
