Toronto (Agencies): Two people remain hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries after a Delta Air Lines plane crash-landed and flipped upside down at Toronto Pearson International Airport on Sunday. The dramatic accident, involving Delta Air Lines Flight 4819 from Minneapolis, left 21 people injured, though 19 have since been released from medical care.
The Bombardier CRJ900LR aircraft, carrying 76 passengers and four crew members, skidded along the runway before overturning and catching fire. Emergency services responded swiftly, evacuating all onboard and preventing further casualties.
Speaking at a press conference, Toronto Pearson airport CEO Deborah Flint confirmed the hospitalization of two passengers but assured the public their injuries were not life-threatening. Flint refrained from speculating on the cause of the crash, but noted the airport had experienced “extreme conditions,” including two separate snowstorms leading up to the incident.
Eyewitness footage circulating online shows the moment the plane lost control, flipped, and ignited, sending passengers scrambling through emergency exits into the snow-covered runway. Despite the severity of the accident, there were no fatalities, a fact Flint described as “remarkable.”
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB), in collaboration with the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), has launched an investigation to determine the exact cause. While the crash temporarily closed two runways, operations at Toronto Pearson have resumed.
A spokesperson for Delta Air Lines expressed relief that all passengers and crew were safe and pledged full cooperation with the ongoing investigation. This incident underscores the resilience of modern aviation safety protocols, as emergency response teams successfully averted a major catastrophe.