Images of Mark Fitzpatrick show that the plane is upside down and the emergency services respond. (Credit: Mark Fitzpatrick via Storyful)
2025 has seen four major plane accidents in recent weeks.
The four incidents occurred in Toronto, Alaska, Philadelphia and Washington, DC of these accidents, three led to deaths, according to reports.
Different operators were involved in each incident.
Delta Connection Flight 4819
The first speakers work on the Delta Air Lines plane accident site at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, February 17, 2025. (Reuters / Arlyn McAdorey)
Delta Air Lines Flight 4819 accidental Monday at Toronto Pearson International Airport, according to the Federal Aviation Administration and the airline.
A video of the incident captured the aircraft back during the accident and continuing to slide on the track.
The flight, operated by the Delta regional subsidiary, Endeavor Air, had 76 passengers and four crews aboard the CRJ-900 at the time of the incident.
There was no death in the accident. However, 21 travelers on the plane at the time were transported to the hospital, all except three were released, according to a Tuesday morning update in Delta.
Delta CEO on the Toronto crash, images obtained
“Our most urgent priority remains to take care of all customers and effective crew members who were involved. We will do everything we can to support them and their families in the coming days, and I know The hearts, thoughts and prayers of the whole Delta the community is with them, “CEO Ed Bastian said in a press release.
The FAA said that the Canada Transport Security Council was leading an investigation into the accident.
Béring Air Flight 445
The coastal guard located the manufacturing of Béring Air 445 on February 7 after having crushed almost three dozen miles southwest of Nome, in Alaska.
The plane had disappeared the day before by going to Nome airport from Unakleet airport, Fox Weather reported.
The 10 people on the plane died in the accident, according to officials.
“The tragic accident on February 6, 2025 rocked us all in our hearts,” said Bering Air in a press release on his website. “It was an unprecedented event for our team and our customers, and we really have the heart broken by the loss.”
“Our hearts are with all the people affected by this heartbreaking event, and we extend our most sincere condolences, thoughts and prayers to all those involved. We will continue to honor and remember those that we lost to serve the public with The greatest care and compassion. ”
Medical transportation jet
Police and fire vehicles are seen on the site of the medical aircraft accident in Philadelphia on February 2, 2025. (Aimee Dilger / Sopa Images / Lightrocket via Getty Images)
The deadly crash of a Learjet 55, which served as medical transport, occurred in Philadelphia on January 31, according to the FAA.
A pediatric patient, his mother and four crew members were on the plane when he crashed shortly after the departure of the northeast airport of Philadelphia, who died all six, said The city of Philadelphia in a press release. Shriner’s Children’s said the patient had received treatment at his hospital.
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A field motorist is also died, said the city.
“We are devastated by the tragic loss of life and my thoughts and my prayers are with families and beings dear to the victims, as well as each person injured by this terrible tragedy,” said Mayor Cherrelle Parker in a statement on February 1 .
Two dozen people on the ground were injured due to the accident.
He also caused heavy fire in some houses and vehicles, said the city.
American Eagle Flight 5342
Emergency intervention units are looking for the site of the American Airlines aircraft accident in the Potomac river on January 30, 2025, after the plane crashed the previous night during the approach to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia. (Katopodis / Getty Images Tasos)
The outdoor collision between American Eagle Flight 5342 and an army helicopter on January 29 left every 64 passengers from the plane and the crew and the three dead of the helicopter.
The American Airlines PSA Airlines subsidiary operated the flight. It was “as track 33” at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Ronald Reagon in the DC region, at the time of the collision, according to the FAA.
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Robert Isom, the CEO of American Airlines, described the crash “a devastating day for our American Airlines” and said that it “weighs heavily on our airline, industry and the world”.
According to NBC Washington, the rescue teams had greatly removed the wreckage from the two water aircraft in early February.
