At least 18 people injured after jet liner crashes on runway at the Toronto Pearson International Airport.
Published On 17 Feb 2025
A Delta Air Lines jet carrying 80 people has flipped upside down upon landing at one of the busiest airports in Canada, injuring at least 18 people but causing no deaths.
The plane carrying 76 passengers and four crew turned over onto its roof as it landed at Toronto Pearson International Airport at about 3: 30pm (20: 30 GMT) on Monday.
Deborah Flint, the CEO of Greater Toronto Airports Authority, said there had been no loss of life and those on board had suffered only “relatively minor injuries”.
“17 injured passengers were taken to local area hospitals. At this time, we do not know of any of those passengers having critical injuries,” Flint told reporters at a news conference.
“No airport CEO wants to have these types of press conferences but this is exactly what our emergency, our operations and our first responders are all practised and trained for,” Flint added.
“And again, this outcome is in due part to their heroic work and I thank them profusely.”
Toronto Pearson International Airport said in a later update that an 18th passenger had been transported to hospital after the others.
Ornge, an air ambulance service in the province of Ontario, said earlier on Monday that a child, a man in his 60s and a woman in her 40s had all been transported to hospital with critical injuries.
The reason for the differing accounts of the patients’ condition was not immediately clear.
Footage shared on social media showed passengers exiting the upside-down CRJ-900 plane, which had been travelling from Minneapolis in the United States, while sh