A jet of Delta Air Lines trying to land at Toronto Pearson airport in the middle of strong winds and drifting snow crashed and turned on the tarmac on Monday afternoon, finally coming with its belly and With at least one off wing.
Despite the dramatic landing of the plane, the 80 people aboard the plane, the flight 4819 of Minneapolis, were evacuated.
Photos and video have shown that the passengers descended the front and rear doors of the plane and moving away from the snowy tarmac while the firefighters watered from the plane.
According to Delta, at least 18 people were injured. They included a person with critical but non -deadly injuries that were transported by plane in a trauma center, and a child who was in a critical but not fatal condition.
The other injured people were taken to hospitals with minor to moderate injuries.
The landing of the accident in Toronto comes almost three weeks after another regional jet, operated by American Airlines, crashed in the Potomac river in Washington, after being struck by an American army helicopter , leaving no survivors.
In Canada, the Delta plane – A CRJ -900 built by Bombardier and operated by a Delta subsidiary, Endeavor Air – crashed while landing around 2:45 p.m., said Federal officials Administration Adviation in a press release.
According to the Meteorological Service of Environment Canada, there were strong winds from the west at around 29 miles per hour, with gusts of up to 38 mph, at the time of the accident. The meteorological service has also pointed out snow to derive in Toronto, which, like a large part of Ontario, has been struck with two snowstorms in recent days.
Airport officials declared earlier in the day they were Expect “a busy day” While airlines caught up with consecutive snowstorms, including a weekend snowstorm that Throw more than eight inches of snow.
A small fleet of orange snow removal machines worked to cleanse the slopes just before sunset on Monday.
In a press release, Delta said He was aware of the accident reports and “worked to confirm any detail”. The Transport Security Council of Canada will lead the investigation, officials said.
The FAA issuing A notice to stop on the ground in response to the accident, forcing flights to Pearson to divert to Ottawa and Montreal airports. The ground stopping was lifted later. The advertisements on the intercoming of the cluttered departure room of the airport warned against operational delays while the passengers were blocked in the control queue on Monday afternoon.
“It’s a bit of a logistics nightmare,” said Teresa Norris, who was trying to return home to Montreal.
At 5 p.m., arrivals and departures had taken over at the airport, and the 80 on board, including 76 passengers and four crew members, had been recorded, according to the airport authorities.
Endeavor Air, the Delta subsidiary, generally manages smaller planes on shorter routes for its parent airline.
The Endeavour fleet includes approximately 120 CRJ-900 bombardier. These planes are configured with 70 or 76 seats.
The plane is about 16 years old, according to the Federal Aviation Administration files. With regular maintenance, these passenger jets are often used for two to three or more decades.
According to Cirium, an aviation data company. The plane, which has been operating for more than two decades, has a solid security file, according to Cirium data.
Monday’s accident added to a series of aviation accidents that have shaken travelers in recent weeks.
On January 29, an Army Black Hawk helicopter collided with a regional jet of American Airlines who was on his last approach to Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, killing the 67 people on the two planes.
The helicopter was on a training mission and flew around 100 feet more than authorized at the time of the collision, the most deadly aviation accident in the country since 2009.
Two days later, a small medical plane carrying six people crashed near a shopping center in the northeast of Philadelphia, all killing on board and a person on the ground.
On February 2, a Delta flight from Minneapolis in Amsterdam returned to twin cities due to a problem with the plane shutters, the television channel KSTP reported. There were 272 passengers on this flight.
On February 5, a Japanese airplane Airlines cut a Delta Air Lines aircraft by Garé while taxiing at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, stacking the tail of the Delta Jet. No injury has been reported.
Ian Austen,, Niraj Chokshi,, Neil Vigdor And Vjosa Isai Contributed reports.
