A Delta air lines Regional Jet crashed on Toronto Pearson International Airport on Monday afternoon. All 80 people on board survived, officials said.
The 76 passengers and 4 crew members were evacuated after the accident, which took place around 2:15 p.m. ET around 2:15 p.m., Delta said. According to Peel Regional Rettoomed Services, two people were flown in a critical condition. Delta said on Tuesday morning that 19 out of 21 passengers that were dropped at the local hospitals were released.
Video on social media appeared to show the plane that got here on the runway before fire and smoke appeared and the plane turned.
Delta Flight 4819, operated by the sponsor's regional subsidiary, was from the Delta center of the International Airport of Minneapolis – Saint Paul Paul – Paul Airport from Delta.
Flights to Toronto Airport were temporarily stopped, but resumed on Monday at 5 p.m. On Monday, Delta step by step canceled the remaining of his flights and spent on Toronto and spent travel to affected passengers.
“Our most urgent priority, which continues to take care of all customers and members of the crew members who were involved,” said Ed Bastian, CEO of Delta. “We are grateful for all first aiders and medical teams who take care of them.”
Toronto Airport announced that he had expected a strenuous day after a robust snowfall in the world and an expected 130,000 traveler on board.
It was not immediately clear what caused the crash. On Monday, weather reports showed winds between 20 miles per hour and 30 miles per hour with gusts of as much as 40 miles per hour.
The transportation Safety Board in Canada will guide the crash examination. The National Transportation Safety Board said that a team of US investigators would participate within the probe. The US Transport Minister Sean Duffy said Social media platform X that the FAA investigators were on their option to Toronto and worked together with his Canadian colleagues to assist the investigation.
Delta said it sent a team to Toronto Airport on Monday evening, including specially trained employees to support customers, employees and leader in supporting the investigation.
“Events like this remind us why our entire industry is united about the importance of security – it is the only area in which we never compete,” said Bastian in a note.
The accident takes place weeks after a fatal collision with medium air in January at Reagan's International Airport in Washington, DC, wherein all 64 people were killed on a regional jet of the American Airlines and three people on board a helicopter of the military Black Hawk.
Regardless of this, the FAA was recently met by layoffs, which were cited by President Donald Trump and Elon Musk's consulting group, who were generally known as the Department of Government Efficiency. Over the weekend, several hundred air traffic controllers received shooting awareness.
A spokesman for the US Transport Ministry announced NBC News that the FAA Air Traffic Controller “continues to” keep “on board and the agency” employees “who perform critical security functions.
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