A Delta Air Lines plane flying from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport made a dramatic crash-landing as it flipped over at Toronto Pearson International Airport, with one child among the 18 people sustaining injuries.
Carrying 80 people on board, including 76 passengers and four crew members, Delta flight 4819 slammed into the tarmac at around 2:15 p.m. ET on Monday. Three helicopters and two ambulances responded to the scene, according to medical transport company Ornge.
All passengers and crew onboard the overturned CRJ900 twin-jet are believed to have survived, with the majority of people sustaining minor to moderate injuries.
A pediatric patient was transported via ambulance to the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto and is believed to be in good condition. An adult male in his 60s and a female patient in her 40s were transported to area hospitals via helicopter.
It’s not yet known why the plane turned over upon arrival. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is leading the investigation and has deployed a team to the scene. Departures and arrivals have resumed after Toronto airport operations briefly ceased due to the crash.
Toronto Pearson remains open
James Liddell18 February 2025 14:15
Transport Secretary Sean Duffy tries to shift blame for recent air disasters onto Pete Buttigieg
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy tried to shift the blame for a string of recent air disasters onto his Democratic predecessor, Pete Buttigieg, in the wake of cutting hundreds of Federal Aviation Administration personnel.
Duffy, confirmed to lead the department in the Senate late last month, revealed on Monday that the Trump administration fired “less than 400” of the FAA’s 45,000 employees. He also claimed all of them were serving probationary periods.
The layoffs took place against a backdrop of three fatal U.S. air disasters since Donald Trump’s inauguration last month, in Washington, D.C., Philadelphia and Alaska – with another commercial plane carrying 80 people flipping over upon a crash landing at Canada’s Toronto Pearson International Airport on Monday.
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James Liddell18 February 2025 13:45
‘We were hanging like bats’
A passenger on board Delta flight 4819 described the moment that the plane eventually came to a standstill after crashing into the tarmac and flipping over.
“We were upside down hanging like bats,” passenger Peter Koukov told CNN.
Koukov said that once the plane rolled over, he was “upside down,’ everybody else was there as well.”
Another passenger said that they released themselves from their seatbelts and clunked to the floor.
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Delta CEO issues statement after crash
Delta CEO Ed Bastian has issued a statement in the wake of flight 4819 flipping over on the Toronto Pearson International Airport tarmac:
“The hearts of the entire global Delta family are with those affected by today’s incident at Toronto-Pearson International Airport. I want to express my thanks to the many Delta and Endeavor team members and the first responders on site.
“We are working to confirm the details and will share the most current information on http://news.delta.com as soon as it becomes available. In the meantime, please take care and stay safe.”
James Liddell18 February 2025 11:07
British Airways flight from London was immediately behind the crash jet
British Airways flight BA93 from London Heathrow was immediately behind the Delta jet from Minneapolis that crash-landed.
The Boeing 777 was below 4,000 feet on the final approach to Toronto’s Lester B Pearson airport when the incident happened.The captain commanded a “go-around”.
The aircraft turned left towards Lake Ontario, climbed to 5,000 feet and then flew a figure-of-eight to line up again for the approach.
By this time the airport had closed. The pilots diverted to Hamilton, about 40 miles south east of Toronto, and landed safely at 2.50pm. At no point was the flight in danger.
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