Investigators Send Black Boxes Of Delta Air Lines Plane Overturned While Landing In Toronto

Jet Bombardier CRJ900LR Delta Air Lines airline that crashed in Toronto, Canada. (Wikimedia Commons/YYZBrennan)

JAKARTA - Canadian investigators said on Tuesday they had sent a black box from the Delta Air Lines plane that capsized when it landed in Toronto the day before for laboratory analysis, as they investigated the cause of the accident that injured 21 people.

"After the initial collision on the runway at Pearson Toronto Airport, several parts of the plane were separated and there was a fire," said Canadian Transportation Safety Agency Senior Investigator Ken Webster in a video.

A team of more than 20 Canadian investigators led an investigation into a jet operated by Delta subsidiary Endeavor Air, receiving assistance from the US National Transportation Safety Agency and US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

Webster agrees with other aviation safety officials who say it's too early to say what happened on Flight 4819 from Minneapolis-St International Airport. Paul, who brought 80 of them included the crew.

Aircraft accidents are usually caused by many factors.

Weather conditions reported at the time of the accident indicated "strong winds and blowing snow," said flight tracking site FlightRadar24.

In a video widely shared on social media showing the plane's decline, the landing appears flat and does not show the usual "flare" maneuver, where the pilot pulled the nose up to increase the tilt before landing at low speed, experts say.

"The question is why the plane was so loud," US aviation safety expert John Cox said of the landing, but stressed investigators were still collecting data and evidence.

"The analysis just started later," he said.

The 16-year-old CRJ900 jet made by Bombardier Canada, powered by the GE Aerospace engine, is capable of carrying up to 90 people.

The airline on Tuesday said 19 of the 21 passengers who were taken to the local hospital after the plane crash had been allowed to return home.

Greater Toronto Airports CEO Deborah minimum told reporters two passengers who were still hospitalized were not seriously injured as a result of the accident, which resulted in no casualties.

"Really, it's great that when you see the plane, you're really grateful for all the safety checks,"AThi said, praising the flight crew and emergency response officers.

One of the passengers, Peter Koukov, 28 years old, is a passenger

The professional skier and videographer from Denver Peter Koukov (28), one of the passengers, said he didn't know anything was wrong until the plane hit the ground.

"Then the plane seemed to bounce off and almost felt like we were lifting again and we overturned, tilted briefly and then ended up upside down," Koukov, who flew via Minneapolis to Toronto to help record video skis.

Koukov said he and a female passenger beside him remained calm and carefully lowered them.

"We didn't talk during the flight and the two of us just hugged, like, a long hug, like, 10 seconds," he recalls.

"And then we were like, okay, like, what's next? Like, we have to get off this plane," he said.

The crash occurred when the plane landed in Toronto at 2:13 a.m. Monday, after a 86-minute flight and stopped near the runway 23 crossing and runway 15, according to FlightRadar24 data.