A Delta Air Lines flight arriving from Minneapolis, Minnesota, had an “incident” upon landing at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Canada on Monday.
Images posted online show the aircraft flipped over on the runway, with some smoke emanating from the plane. The airport said all passengers and crew have been accounted for and that emergency teams are responding to the incident.
Toronto Pearson is aware of an incident upon landing involving a Delta Airlines plane arriving from Minneapolis. Emergency teams are responding. All passengers and crew are accounted for.
— Toronto Pearson (@TorontoPearson) February 17, 2025
“Toronto Pearson is aware of an incident upon landing involving a Delta Airlines plane arriving from Minneapolis. Emergency teams are responding. All passengers and crew are accounted for,” said a post from the airport.
CTV News reported that paramedics confirmed at least 18 injuries, with three of them sustaining critical injuries. The outlet also reported that the airport had temporarily suspended flights in and out of Toronto Pearson International Airport after the crash.
The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed that 80 people were onboard the flight and had been evacuated. The U.S. agency also said that the “Transportation Safety Board of Canada will be in charge of the investigation and will provide any updates.”
Delta Air Lines confirmed that Delta Connection flight 4819, operated by its wholly owned subsidiary Endeavor Air, was involved in a “single-aircraft accident” at roughly 2:15 p.m.
“Initial reports indicate there are no fatalities and 18 customers with injuries have been transported to area hospitals. Our primary focus is taking care of those impacted,” the company said in a news release.
“The hearts of the entire global Delta family are with those affected by today’s incident at Toronto-Pearson International Airport,” Delta CEO Ed Bastian said in a statement. “I want to express my thanks to the many Delta and Endeavor team members and the first responders on site.
Deborah Flint, president and CEO of the Greater Toronto Airports Authority, expressed her gratitude for first responders at a press conference Monday evening, noting the lack of fatalities despite the incident.
“No airport CEO wants to have these type of press conferences, but this is exactly what our emergency, our operations, and our first responder partners are all practiced and trained for. And again, this outcome is in due part to their heroic work and I thank them profusely,” Flint said.
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Flint also said the three runways not affected by the incident were reopened at roughly 5 p.m., after being closed immediately after the incident. The other two runways are closed due to the investigation into the incident with the Delta flight.
The incident came weeks after a deadly midair collision between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines flight near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport killed 67 people. It was the first deadly commercial airline crash in the United States since 2009.
