Delta Airlines flight incident at Toronto Pearson results in injuries but no fatalities
A Delta Airlines flight flipped while landing at Toronto Pearson International Airport on Monday, resulting in injuries but no fatalities. Investigations are ongoing.
Footage from inside the Delta Airlines flight that flipped while landing at the Toronto Pearson International Airport in Canada on Monday – the latest plane crash in a series of aviation incidents – has surfaced online.
The aircraft, Flight 4819, had flown in from Minneapolis and was attempting to land when it somehow flipped over. Fortunately, no one was hurt, but over a dozen passengers sustained injuries.
A recording of the plane's interior shortly after the crash has been shared on social media and shows passengers being evacuated.
The cause of the plane crash is still unknown, but investigations are underway, with two runways set to remain closed while the Transportation Safety Board of Canada looks into the circumstances.
According to a statement from Delta, 18 people, including a child, were injured.
"Initial reports indicate there are no fatalities and 18 customers with injuries have been transported to area hospitals. Our primary focus is taking care of those impacted," the statement read.
Canada's CTV network noted that two passengers were in critical condition, but none of the injuries were considered to be life-threatening.
All 80 passengers were evacuated and accounted for.
One of them, Pete Koukov, said he was unaware of what was going on until it hit the ground, which he described as a pretty hard landing.
"We hit the ground, and we were sideways, and then we were upside down hanging like bats," he told CNN.
Koukov told the outlet he was able to unbuckle his seatbelt and push himself to the ground before exiting the plane, but some of the other passengers needed help getting out of their seats.
"Just feeling lucky and happy I got to give the person I didn't know sitting next to me a big hug, that we were OK, and see my friends who are here to pick me up from the airport and give them a big hug," he added.
Given the devastation experienced over the past few weeks and the multiple fatalities involving various aircraft, that no one was killed on Monday comes as a relief.
