When a plane crashed and overturned upon landing at Toronto Pearson airport in Canada, emergency personnel reported that one child and two adults were gravely hurt. On the snow-covered tarmac, a jet is seen laying on its roof after flipping over, according to social media images. It seems to be lacking at least one wing.
All passengers and crew are accounted for” according to Toronto Pearson Airport, which reported that the crash involved a Delta Air Lines flight inbound from Minneapolis. According to Delta, 76 passengers and four crew members made up the flight’s 80 passengers. According to the airline, 18 people have been sent to hospitals.
According to Ornge, the Ontario air ambulance service, two ground ambulances and three air ambulance helicopters have been sent to the scene. A woman in her 40s, a guy in his 60s, and a toddler are among the patients with serious injuries, it continued.
During an evening briefing, Deborah Flint, the president and CEO of Toronto Pearson Airport, referred to the emergency personnel’s response as a “textbook” and acknowledged their essential role in preventing fatalities.
The airline stated that its “primary focus is taking care of those impacted” and that it was transporting 76 customers along with four crew members. According to Ms. Flint, twenty-two passengers are Canadian, while the others are “multinational. Shortly after the incident, the airport was closed, however according to the airport, flights into and out of Toronto Pearson started up again at 17:00 local time.
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