"Suddenly we were hanging upside down" New video shows plane landing and then flipping over
An airplane accident has occurred in the Canadian city of Toronto, injuring several people. Footage of the incident shows an unusual picture: the plane came to rest upside down on the runway.
18.02.2025, 04:47
18.02.2025, 12:49
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- At least 17 people have been injured in a landing accident at Toronto Airport.
- Three of them had to be taken to hospital, paramedics reported on Monday in the Canadian city.
- A video from the scene of the accident shows the Delta Air plane lying upside down on the snow-covered runway.
At least 17 people have been injured in a landing accident at Toronto Airport. Three of them had to be taken to hospital, paramedics reported on Monday in the Canadian city. According to reports, one of them was a child.
A video from the scene of the accident shows the Delta Air plane lying upside down on the snow-covered runway while rescue workers spray it with water. Emergency teams are on duty, the airport announced on X.
The Canadian Press news agency reported that the plane had come from Minneapolis. According to Delta, the incident occurred at 2.15pm. Initially it was reported that all passengers were safe, but in fact several were taken to nearby hospitals with injuries, Delta said.
Eyewitness reports
"We were thrown to the side, the plane skidded and skidded before finally coming to a stop upside down," passenger Pete Carlson toldCBC. "One minute you're landing and waiting to see your friends and your people, and the next minute you're physically upside down"
A video that has since emerged shows the botched landing from the cockpit of another plane. The Delta plane first hits the ground and then flips over.
After there was talk of three serious injuries, the head of the Greater Toronto Airports Authority, Deborah Flint, gave the all-clear on Monday evening (local time): "We are very pleased that there were no fatalities and only relatively minor injuries". According to the information, the plane had 76 passengers and four crew members on board.
It was still unclear how the accident occurred. "We've seen a few cases of takeoffs where planes have landed on their backs, but that's very rare," said John Cox, CEO of Florida-based aviation safety consultancy, Safety Operating Systems. Although the conditions were windy, this should not have been a problem for the aircraft or the pilots, Cox added.
Several major airplane accidents since January
The US Federal Aviation Administration said the Transportation Safety Board of Canada would lead the investigation into the incident, with US investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board assisting the Canadian team.
The head of government of the Canadian province of Ontario, Doug Ford, promised X all possible help. He said he was relieved that there had been no fatalities.
It is the fourth major airplane accident in North America in the past month. On January 29, a commercial airliner and a military helicopter collided near the US capital Washington, killing 67 people. On January 31, a medical transport plane crashed in Philadelphia. Seven people were killed in the incident. Ten people were killed in a plane crash in Alaska.
