At least 17 people are injured after a Delta Air Lines plane overturned upside down while landing in the middle of winter conditions on Monday at Toronto Pearson International Airport.
The Federal Aviation Administration indicates that 80 people were on board 4819, which comes from Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.
According to Deborah Flint, president and chief executive officer of Toronto Pearson International Airport, the plane was carrying four crews and 76 passengers, including 22 Canadians. The other passengers were multinational.
“The airport emergency workers have gone up to the manual, reaching the site in a few minutes and quickly evacuating passengers,” Flint said at a press conference on Monday evening.
She added that 17 passengers were taken to local hospitals. Peel’s regional paramedical services have confirmed to CBS News that on these injuries, one child and two adults are seriously injured. The rest of the injuries are a minor to moderate, officials said.
The seriously injured adults – a woman in her forties and a man in sixties – were transported by plane to the hospital, according to officials from the air ambulance service.
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The Transport Security Council of Canada has confirmed that it is deploying a team to investigate the accident. The National Transportation Safety Board and the FAA say that they will send us investigators to help the TSB in its investigation.
Flint claims that two tracks at the airport will be closed for at least part of the day on Tuesday for the survey, and travelers are expected to expect delays.
Delta Air Lines later published more informationSaying that the single aerial accident occurred around 1:15 p.m. Four of the people on board were crew members. Delta says that all of its remaining flights on Monday between and out of Pearson are canceled.
“The heart of the entire world family Delta is with people affected by today’s incident,” said Ed Bastian, CEO of Delta Air Lines.
The association of CWA on-board agents published the following declaration: “AFA’s crew worked this theft. The reports are that there is no death. Please do not speculate on this incident because everyone is working to collect information and support the people involved.”
Ontario Prime Minister Doug Ford said he was “relieved” that there are no victims.
“Provincial officials are in contact with the airport and local authorities and will provide any aid that is necessary,” said Ford.
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Meteorologists say that there had been blowing snow in Toronto and that visibility had fallen to 6 miles at the time of the incident, with winds at 20 MPH and gusts up to 37 MPH. The temperatures were well below freezing, at 17 ° F.
The flight was operated by Endeavour Air, a subsidiary in exclusive ownership of Delta Air Lines, whose headquarters are in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Monday’s incident occurred just a few weeks after a Morteled outdoor collision between an American airline plane and a black Hawk Hawk helicopter At Reagan National Airport in Washington DC, officials said everyone on the two planes perished.
Two days later, A Lèse medical jet collapsed in a Philadelphia districtKilling the six passengers and a person who was on the ground.
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