Emergency crews are responding to a crash involving a Delta Air Lines plane that arrived Monday at Toronto Pearson Airport from Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, ultimately landing upside down amid wintry conditions.
The FAA says all 80 people on board Flight 4819, operated by Endeavor Air, were evacuated.
Peel Regional Paramedic Services confirmed to CBS News that 15 patients had been transported to the hospital. Out of those injuries, one child and two adults are critically injured. The rest of the injuries are minor to moderate, officials said.
All crew and passengers have been accounted for.
According to CBC 1 person is in hospital in critical condition and another estimated 14 passengers were injured.CTV now says “three of the patients, including a child, sustained critical injuries”, total of 18 injured.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/local/peel/article/live-updates-18-injured-after-toronto-pearson-plane-crash-delta-airlines-says/
There was also some fairly heavy wind/gusts at the time, 51-65 km/h (32-40 mph).
https://weather.gc.ca/past_conditions/index_e.html?station=yyz
If the plane’s wing caught a 65 km/h gust at just the right angle, it may have been enough to lift and flip the plane. Just a guess tho.
Thou shalt not speculate, but I’m going to do it anyway. Given the lack of a wing and icy conditions, I would guess a skid off the runway caused a roll once the wheels caught the snow, detaching a wing and leaving the plane on its roof. Thankfully the lower speed would mean simply rolling over rather than the more…destructive alternative.
That’s fair. Hard to know until the investigation’s over. YYZ is shut down for few days.
One Mile at a Time is reporting both wings were lost and a VASAviation link from the control tower warns of a side bump on the glide path from another aircraft landing first.
https://onemileatatime.com/news/delta-plane-crash-lands-flips-upside-down-loses-both-wings/