Yesterday, the plane accident touched down at Toronto Pearson International Airport.
A scary photo captured just after the plane crash landed was posted by a survivor of the Delta Air Lines disaster in Toronto.
After taking off from Minneapolis, Minnesota, and heading to the Canadian city, Delta Flight 4819 crashed onto the runway. Since then, it has been verified that all 76 passengers and 4 crew members—18 of whom were hospitalized for their injuries—were safely removed off the aircraft.
All injured passengers have already been released from the hospital, according to a Delta website update on the event.
“A Delta Airlines aircraft arriving from Minneapolis was involved in an issue upon landing, which Toronto Pearson is aware of. Emergency personnel are on the way. In a statement verifying the crash, the airport added, “All passengers and crew are accounted for.”
Since then, footage of the horrific crash aftermath has surfaced on social media, with one traveler posting a picture of herself inside the inverted cabin.
Ashley Zook posted a number of videos from the aftermath on Snapchat, including one in which she appeared to be strapped into her seat upside down.
“I was just involved in a plane accident. In the video, woman can be heard saying, “Oh my god.”
John Nelson, a passenger, also posted video of the aftermath to his Facebook page, showing people leaving the aircraft as foam was sprayed on it.
He is heard on the video saying, “Most people are going to be okay, we’re all getting off, there’s some smoke going on,” and he adds in the caption that he was “ok” following the incident.
Although the cause of the airplane crash is yet unknown, the surviving passengers’ video showed that one of the aircraft’s wings was missing.
“The hearts of the entire global Delta family are with those affected by today’s incident at Toronto-Pearson International Airport,” in a statement, Delta CEO Ed Bastian said.
“I would like to thank the initial responders on the scene as well as the several Delta and Endeavor team members. As soon as the most up-to-date information is available, we will share it. We are currently working to confirm the specifics. Please be careful and keep yourself safe in the meanwhile.
Deborah Flint of the Greater Toronto Airports Authority remarked, “We are very grateful that there were no fatalities and relatively minor injuries” (via BBC).
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is in charge of the present investigation.
“The NTSB is leading a team of U.S. investigators to assist the Transportation Safety Board of Canada with their investigation of today’s accident of a Delta Air Lines Bombardier CRJ900 at Toronto Pearson International Airport,” the Federal Aviation Administration of the United States stated.
“Per international protocols under the International Civil Aviation Organisation’s Annex 13, any information about the investigation will be released by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada.”
Less than a month has passed since the deadliest US aviation disaster since the September 2001 attacks, in which a passenger jet and a military helicopter collided in midair close to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Washington, DC.