At least 18 people onboard the Delta Air Lines flight are reported as having been injured, but all 80 were safely evacuated
A Delta Air Lines passenger revealed an insight into what it was like moments after the plane crashed and turned upside down.
Yesterday (February 17) at around 3.30pm Eastern time, a Delta Airlines flight – Flight 4819 – crashed and flipped upside down while trying to land at Toronto Pearson International Airport, Canada, after taking off from Minneapolis, Minnesota.
There were 80 people onboard the plane – comprising of 76 passengers and four members of crew – with officials reporting that every person was safely evacuated, however at least 18 were transported to hospital with injuries.
Everyone miraculously survived after a Delta plane crashed in Toronto (GEOFF ROBINS/AFP via Getty Images)
Pearson CEO Deborah Flint said yesterday evening: “We are very grateful there was no loss of life and relatively minor injuries.”
Three people are reported as suffering critical injuries according to medical transport company Ornge, The Independent reports.
Delta News Hub added in a statement shared to Twitter: “Initial reports were that there are no fatalities. Several customers with injuries were transported to area hospitals.
“Our primary focus is taking care of those impacted.”
And other passengers have since taken to social media to speak out about the crash, one sharing footage after evacuating the plane and another from inside the jet, moments after it flipped upside down.
Passenger Ashley Zook shared footage from inside the plane (Snapchat/Ashley Zook)
A passenger called Ashley Zook took to Snapchat to share a video of herself inside the plane still in her seat alongside the caption: “My plane crashed. I’m upside down.”
She can be heard saying: “What the f**k.”
She then shared a video once safely evacuated from the aircraft, showing the plane upside down on the ground and other passengers around her.
“I was just in a plane crash. Oh my God,” Zook says, the video shared by CBC.
Another passenger named John Nelson also took to social media, sharing a video to Facebook, explaining the plane ‘crashed’ and is ‘upside down’ and there are officials on site.
“Most people are going to be OK, we’re all getting off, there’s some smoke going on,” he narrates.
An investigation into the incident is being led by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada.
The Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement: “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.
“Per international protocols under the International Civil Aviation Organization’s Annex 13, any information about the investigation will be released by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada.”
