Delta Air Lines Plane Overturned While Landing In Toronto, 15 People Injured

Illustration of Delta Air Lines aircraft. (Wikimedia Commons/MattCC716)

JAKARTA - At least 15 people were injured, three of whom were critical, including a child, when the Delta Air Lines plane carrying 80 passengers capsized when it landed at Toronto Pearson Airport, Canada on Monday, in the windy weather following a blizzard.

Delta said a CRJ900 aircraft operated by its subsidiary, Endeavor Air, was involved in a single plane crash with 76 passengers and four crew on board.

The cause of the accident is not yet known. A social media user uploaded a video after the incident, showing a fire engine spraying water on a plane lying face down on the snow-covered runway.

"We were in Toronto. We just landed. Our plane crashed. The plane capsized. The fire department was on site. It was overturned. Everyone, most of the people seem fine. We all got off. There was smoke billowing," Facebook user John Nelson said in the video. , reported Reuters February 18th.

Pearson Airport said on Monday it faced strong winds and cold temperatures as airlines tried to catch up on flight, after weekend snowstorms caused snow as thick as 22 cm (8.6 inches) at the airport.

Of the 15 injured, two were flown to a trauma center, and a child was taken to a child's hospital, said Supervisor Lawrence Saindon of the Pioneer Regional Services.

A total of 12 other people were taken to the hospital.

"There were no casualties and we have recorded all the crew and passengers," said Saindon.

Children's patients were taken to Toronto Children's Hospital with critical injuries, and two adults were flown by helicopter to another hospital, said Joshua McNamara, an Ornge spokesperson, who provided air ambulance services.

Separately, Canada's Transportation Safety Agency (TSB) said it was deploying a team of investigators, while the US National Transportation Safety Agency said a team of investigators would assist Canadian TSB.

It is known that the CRJ900 jet aircraft, made by Bombardier, Canada, is known to be capable of accommodating up to 90 crew and passengers.

As a result of the incident, Toronto Airport was closed for 90 minutes before departure and arrival resumed. This causes ground delays and diversions to other airports including Trudeau's international airport in Montreal, which says it is preparing to receive multiple diverted flights that may lead to further delays.