At least 15 people were injured when a Delta Regional Jet appeared to overturn on landing in Toronto. All 80 aboard were evacuated, NBC’s Tom Costello on the just-beginning investigation.
Fifteen people were injured when a Delta Air Lines jet crashed upon landing this afternoon at Toronto Pearson airport.Eighty people were on the plane, the Federal Aviation Administration said. A total of 76 were passengers and four were crew members, Delta said.All Delta flights arriving at and departing from Toronto Pearson scheduled for tonight have been canceled, the airline said in a statement.
The airline said it has issued a travel waiver to its affected customers and is working to connect with fliers whose flights have been impacted.Witness Jason Yin described the scene at Toronto Pearson International Airport when a Delta plane appeared to overturn upon landing.Twelve of the injured sustained minor injuries and were taken by ground for medical attention, said Lawrence Saindon, a superintendent for Peel Regional Paramedic Services.
Saindon said an ambulance took an injured child to the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, McNamara added.and broadcast from the airport showed a surreal scene — the plane was completely upside down as emergency workers evacuated passengers and attended to the site. “We just landed. Our plane crashed. It’s upside down,” John Nelson, who recorded the video, said as he walked away from the plane. He said that “most people appear to be OK” and that passengers were getting off the plane.Snow was blowing at the Toronto airport all day. Lake-effect snow caused by cold air moving over the Great Lakes had occurred earlier in the day, but no snow was on radars at the time of the accident.
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says it will deploy a team of investigators to the crash site.Toronto Pearson is under a ground stop “due to an aircraft emergency,” meaning all departures and arrivals are canceled for the time being,
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