Crash, Fireball, Flip: New Video Captures Delta Airlines’ Dramatic Landing

Crash, Fireball, Flip: Delta Airlines plane crash-landed dramatically at Pearson Airport in Toronto on Monday afternoon, carrying 80 persons on board, including 76 passengers and 4 crew. The incident occurred at approximately 2:15 p.m. as the Mitsubishi CRJ-900LR attempted to land and tipped upside-down on its roof. According to airport officials, all passengers survived, although 18 were transported to hospitals with minor injuries.

This flight from Minneapolis encountered severe weather, with snow swirling across the runway at gusts of wind up to 40 mph (65 kph). Normal communication was received between the pilot and air traffic control until the very moment when something went wrong during touchdown, sending the aircraft off course.

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A video has emerged on social media wherein the plane lands, followed by impact and flipping.

A clear visual of the Delta Airlines crash-landing at Toronto Pearson International Airport on Monday. Everyone survived.
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Passengers recount horror

"A very forceful" landing, said passenger Peter Carlson, on his way to Toronto for a paramedics conference. "It was just a sudden sideways movement, and the next thing I know, it was kind of a blink and I am upside down, still strapped in."

Carlson reported that he and other passengers assisted getting others, including a mother and her young son, out of the plane. He recounted the snow-covered tarmac feeling "like tundra," but added that he and the other passengers were more concerned with reaching safety than with the frigid temperatures.

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"The fact that there were no fatalities is a relief," says Deborah Flint, CEO of the Greater Toronto Airports Authority. "We are so thankful there was no loss of life," she told reporters, adding that the injuries were all quite minor.

Aviation accidents on the rise

It is the latest in a series of significant aviation incidents across North America. With a deadly helicopter crash in Washington, D.C., followed by a plane crash in Philadelphia and another crash in Alaska, dozens of fatalities were reported in the weeks leading up to this. The last major incident at Pearson was in 2005 when an Airbus A340 flying in from Paris skidded off the runway and caught fire; there were no fatalities in that incident.

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