A Delta Air Lines plane crashed when landing at Toronto airport in an accident in which the aircraft dump and that, according to the press, at least eight injured people.
A Delta Air Lines plane crashed Monday when landing at Toronto airport in an accident in which the aircraft dump and that, according to the press, at least eight people injured.
The Endeavor 4819 flight, with 80 people on board, was landing in the largest city in Canada from Minneapolis, in the state of Minnesota, United States, when it collided, reported the airline.
The public chain CBS reported eight injured, three of them in a critical condition. CBS showed images of people out with difficulty of the plane, which ended upside down, protecting itself from the wind bursts.
The International Airport “Toronto Pearson is aware of an incident during the landing of a Delta Air Lines plane from Minneapolis. Emergency equipment is responding. All passengers and the crew are located,” said the airport in X.
A Facebook user who said to be a passenger of the flight, John Nelson, published a video in which the injured plane was seen and wrote: “Our plane crashed. It’s face down.” “Most people seem to be fine. We are all going down,” he added.
The Federal Transport Minister Anita Anand said there were 80 passengers on the flight. The first minister of Ontario, Doug Ford, was “relieved that there are no victims after the incident in Toronto Pearson,” and added that the airport and local authorities were helping.
A huge snowstorm hit East Canada on Sunday. Strong winds and icy temperatures could continue to feel in Toronto on Monday.
Source: Ambito
