Delta Airlines Flight 4819 Crash Lands, Flips Upside Down, At Least 18 Injured, Update: None Critically
Toronto Pearson: "is aware of an incident upon landing involving a Delta Airlines plane arriving from Minneapolis. Emergency teams are responding. All passengers and crew are accounted for."
UNITED STATES - Delta Flight 4819, which was operating from Minneapolis (MSP) to Toronto (YYZ) crash landed at the Pearson International Airport in Toronto on Monday which caused the aircraft to flip upside down, injuring at least 18 people according to CTV News. Update: No critical injuries according to Toronto’s Pearson Airport Fire Chief Todd Aitken. Paramedics had previously said one child and two adults were critically injured.
Toronto Pearson: "Toronto Pearson is aware of an incident upon landing involving a Delta Airlines plane arriving from Minneapolis. Emergency teams are responding. All passengers and crew are accounted for."
Just hours prior, the Toronto Pearson Airport posted a message that said, "Here's a look at part of our airfield this morning as the clean up continues from this weekend's storm. Our crews worked all weekend to keep the roughly 5 million square meters of airfield clear of snow to keep planes arriving and departing safely."
An additional message from the airport said, "The snow has stopped coming down, but frigid temperatures and high winds are moving in. Today, we're expecting a busy day in our terminals with over 130,000 travellers on board around 1,000 flights.
Airlines are catching up after this weekend's snowstorm that dumped over 22 cm of snow at the airport. Our airfield team has continued their work throughout the night to clear critical areas so planes can safely arrive and depart."