All passengers and crewmembers are accounted for after a Delta Air Traces regional jet was concerned in an emergency incident Monday afternoon at Toronto Pearson Airport (YYZ) Monday afternoon.
In line with the Federal Aviation Administration, the Delta Connection jet crashed whereas touchdown in Toronto at round 2:45 p.m. EST.
All 80 passengers and crewmembers on board the CRJ900 plane have been evacuated, the FAA confirmed to TPG.
Extensively shared photographs on social media confirmed the Delta Connection jet flipped over on its high on the Toronto runway amid frigid, wintry situations on the airport.
The jet, operated by Delta regional subsidiary Endeavor Air, was working as Delta flight 4819. It was inbound to Toronto from the service’s Minneapolis St. Paul Worldwide Airport (MSP) hub, after departing MSP at 11:34 a.m. CST, Delta’s data present.
In a press release Monday afternoon, the Atlanta-based service mentioned it was conscious of the incident:
“A number of clients with accidents have been transported to space hospitals. Our main focus is caring for these impacted,” Delta mentioned in a press release. It isn’t clear simply what number of passengers have been injured within the emergency incident.
With the accident occurring in Toronto, the Transportation Security Board of Canada will lead the investigation, in keeping with each the FAA and the Canadian company, which mentioned it had deployed groups to the airport.
Nonetheless, FAA investigators are additionally en path to Toronto, and can help within the crash investigation, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy confirmed.
“I have been in contact with my counterpart in Canada to supply help and assist with the investigation,” Duffy mentioned in a social media publish Monday afternoon.
The Nationwide Transportation Security Board, additionally en path to Canada, is main the U.S. delegation of investigators, the company mentioned.
Monday’s crash comes weeks after a lethal collision involving an American Airways regional jet close to Ronald Reagan Washington Nationwide Airport (DCA) on Jan. 29, which stays beneath investigation by the Nationwide Transportation Security Board.
This can be a growing story. We’ll have extra particulars as they grow to be obtainable.