All 80 on board Delta Jet survive after it broke out flames on a runway

From John Vavrov and Michael Casey

Toronto (AP) – Jet Delta Air Lines Jet quickly went down, Landing so strong that it lost its right wing, then flared with flames on the runway in Toronto. The plane slid to the stop, upside down, the black smoke should be on the wave, and passengers try to escape from the debris.

Great, all 80 people on board flight from Minneapolis to the Pearson International Airport in Toronto survived the accident on Monday afternoon. All, except for two of the 21 people affected by the flight, were released from hospitals, said the CEO of the airport on Tuesday.

“How grateful we are that there was no loss of life or life -threatening injuries,” Deborah Flint, CEO of the Great Toronto Airports Administration, said during a press conference. “The crew heroically led passengers to security. I thank everyone and all one of these heroes. “

The authorities said the reason for the collapse remains under investigation. Communications between the tower and the pilot were normal on the approach, and it is not clear that it went wrong when the plane touched.

“It will not be a time for us theory or to think about what caused the accident,” Flint said.

At the time of the flight, Pearson felt the snow and winds 32 miles / h (51 km / h), which breaks up to 40 miles / h (65 km / h), according to Canada Meteorological Service. The temperature was about 16.5 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 8.6 degrees Celsius).

Peter Carlson, a passenger traveling to Toronto at the paramedic conference, said the landing was “very strong”.

“Suddenly everything just went to the side, and the next thing I know is somehow blinking, and I am still inwork,” he said CBC news.

The Canadian authorities held two short news conferences on Monday, but provided several details. The plane was Mitsubishi CRJ-900 made by the Bombardier Canadian company.

“We are very grateful that there was no loss of life and relatively minor injuries,” Debora Flint, CEO of Authorse AirDers AirDers AirDers Aller, told reporters.

Delta CEO, Ed Basian, stated in a statement that “the hearts of the whole global Delta family with the victims.”

The accident was fourth The main aviation accident in North America over the last weeks. Commercial plane and army helicopter collided near Reagan National Airport in Washington, District of Columbia, January 29, Murder 67 people. The medical transport aircraft crashed In Philadelphia, on January 31, the murder of six people on board and another person on the ground. And on February 6, 10 people were killed in Alaska plane crash.

The last major accident in Pearson took place on August 2, 2005, when the Airbus A340 from Paris took off from the runway and the flames flared in rapid weather. All 309 passengers and crew on board Air France Flight 358 survived.

Delta flight was cleared to land around 14:10, audio shows that the control tower warned pilots about a possible “blow” on the air flow on the approach.

“It was windy, but the planes were developed and certified to solve this,” said John Cox, CEO of the Consulting firm on Aviation Safety in St. Petersburg, Florida. “Pilots are learning and experienced.”

The aircraft came at the crossroads of the runway 23 and 15 liters.

Carlson said that when he removed the seat belt, he crashed into the ceiling that stood on the floor. He smelled of gas, saw aircraft fuel that cascaded the windows of the cabin and knew that he needed to go out, but his paramedic skills were killed, and he sought those whom he could help.

Carlson and other man helped her mother and her little son from the plane, and then Carlson fell on the asphalt. He said the snow was blowing, but “I was indifferent how cold was, it was indifferent how far I had to walk, how long I had to stand – we all just wanted to be out of aircraft.”

Coke that has flew into the US aired for 25 years and worked in investigating the National Council for the US Security, stated that the CRJ-900 has been working for decades and has been doing good work on adverse weather processing, but it is unusual for any aircraft to be on it roof.

“We have seen several cases of take -offs where the planes ended inverted, but it is rare enough,” Coke said.

Among the questions you need to answer, Cox said, which is why the cut plane lacked the right wing. He said that the flight recorder and the voice record of the cabin would be obligatory to understand what really happened.

The US Aviation Administration stated in a statement that the Canadian Transportation Council will head the investigation and provide any updates. NTSB in the US stated that he was sending a team to assist.

Endeavor Air, based in Minneapolis, is a subsidiary of Delta Air Lines and the world’s largest CRJ-900 aircraft operator. The airline operates 130 regional aircraft at 700 daily flights to more than 126 cities in the US, Canada and the Caribbean, according to the company web.

Casey reported from Concord, New Gampshire. Associated Press Journalists Michael Sisak in New York, Jack Dura in Bismarck, North Dakota, Alex Wega in Los Angeles and Jim Morris in Vancouver, British Columbia, reported.

First published: February 18 2025 at 12:02 Est