Delta Air Lines passenger jet made a dramatic collision, landing at the Toronto airport on Monday afternoon, turning upside down on the asphalt with a tail and one wing demolished.
But all 80 people came across a jet coming from Minneapolis. At least 18 of them sustained injuries, some of which are critical but not life -threatening.
Authorities explore the cause of the accident, which occurred in the midst of strong winds and snow.
It was the last in a series of incidents that passengers were touched globally, including a collision in South Korea in December that killed 179 people ia Fatal collision in poultry Near Washington, which remained 67 people dead.
Here’s what to know about a collision in Toronto.
The roof of the plane became the floor.
Fifth Koukov, a professional skier from Colorado, who was in Flight 4819, said nothing seemed fine during the last aircraft descending.
“Another that the wheels hit the ground, then everything happened,” Mr. Koukov said, 28, in an interview on Monday night. “The next thing I know, we are lateral.”
The aircraft slipped to the right, said Mr. Koukov, who was sitting in a window seat on the other side of the plane and saw a flame as the plane hit the ground. Eventually the belly ended up.
“I discovered quite quickly and somehow went down to the floor, which was the ceiling,” Mr. Koukov said. “People panicked.”
There were snow.
The picked winds of about 29 miles per hour came from Pamak, with a rapture of up to 38 miles per hour, around 2:15 pm, a collision time, he states to the authorities. There was also snow in Toronto, which hit two snowstorms in the last few days.
Time tips for Toronto Pearson International Airport at the time of the collision “indicated the blowing of cross wind and the snow blowing”, ” According to Flighthradar24Air Force monitoring website.
The cause of the collision will be investigated by the Canadian Transport Safety Committee, which will help the team of US investigators the Federal Air Force.
There were 76 passengers on board.
The flight had a crew of four, according to Delta, and the rest were passengers. Of these, 22 were Canadians.
Some of the injured were taken to hospitals, but most passengers were taken to the Sheraton Gateway Hotel, near the airport terminal.
They left around 7:00 pm, local time, picked up by taxis and family members, said a member of the hotel staff, refusing to provide more details.
Operations at the airport continued at 5 pm, although two of the five runways remained closed.
The plane was a bombing aircraft.
The CRJ900 aircraft opened Endeavour Air, a Delta branch that usually manages smaller planes for airlines.
According to Faa Records, it was about 16 years old. With regular maintenance, such passenger jets are often governed by two to three decades or more.
More than 380 CRJ900s use airlines around the world, according to the Cirium, Air Force Company. The aircraft, which has been operating for more than two decades, has a solid safety record, according to Cirium.
Vjosa Isai and Qasim Nauman contribute to reporting.
