Aviation experts credit plane safety design for zero casualties in Toronto plane crash

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There were no casualties aboard the Delta flight that crashed and flipped upside down at the Toronto airport on Monday evening, which experts attribute to modern plane safety design. 

Investigation into the landing crash is still ongoing, but Sheldon H. Jacobson, professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign with over 30 years of experience studying aviation safety and security, told the Washington Examiner the fact that all 80 people survived is more than being just a miracle. 

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