A Delta Air Lines regional jet flipped upside down upon landing at Canada's Toronto Pearson Airport on Monday (Feb 17) amid windy weather following a snowstorm, injuring 18 of the 80 people on board, officials said.
Authorities said three passengers, including a child, suffered critical injuries.
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00:00A Delta Air Lines regional jet flipped upside down on Monday while landing at Toronto Pearson
00:05Airport amid windy weather, injuring 18 of 80 on board.
00:10Authorities said three passengers, including a child, suffered critical injuries.
00:15Toronto Pearson International Airport President and CEO Debra Flint attributed to the absence
00:21of fatalities in part to the work of first responders at the airport.
00:25The plane was carrying four crew and 76 passengers, among them 22 Canadians.
00:32The other passengers were multinational.
00:36Airport emergency workers mounted a textbook response, reaching the site within minutes
00:40and quickly evacuating the passengers.
00:43We immediately halted further arrivals and departures on our remaining three runways.
00:50Those runways were reopened at approximately 5 p.m.
00:54The other runways are remaining to serve the investigation, which will be carrying forward
00:59for the rest of tonight and into the next several days.
01:03The cause of the crash is still under investigation and being led by the Transportation Safety
01:08Board.
01:09It is not appropriate for us to comment at this time.
01:14At this time, we believe all our emergency response went as planned.
01:20We will, however, be conducting a review.
01:23This is an active investigation.
01:26It's very early on.
01:28It's really important that we do not speculate.
01:31What we can say is the runway was dry and there was no crosswind conditions.
01:37Flint said there would be some operational impact and delays at Toronto Airport over
01:41the next few days, while two runways remained closed for the investigation.
01:46The Toronto Airport was shut down for more than two hours before departures and arrivals
01:51resumed.
01:53For more information, visit www.FEMA.gov