A Delta Airlines plane flipped upside down while landing in
Toronto on Monday. Officials say over a dozen people
were injured on board, 3 of them critically,
including a child. However, there were no fatalities
in the crash. The plane first took off from
Min. St. Paul International Airport and after an
86 minute flight came to rest belly up on the
snowy tarmac at Toronto's airport. Audio from air traffic
control paints a picture of what arriving fire crews first
saw people walking around the aircraft. Yeah, we've
got it. The aircraft upside down and burning.
Delta said a CRJ 900 aircraft operated by its Endeavour
air subsidiary was involved in a single aircraft accident with
76 passengers and 4 crew aboard. The CRJ 900
jet is made by. Canada's Bombardier and powered by
GE aerospace engines. Canada says it will investigate the
cause of the crash, which is not yet known
. The incident came amid windy weather following a snowstorm
. The airport had said earlier on Monday it was
dealing with high winds and frigid temperatures. However,
on Monday evening, Toronto Pearson fire chief Todd Aiken
had this to say about runway conditions. This is
an active investigation. It's very early on. It's
really important that we do not speculate. What we
can say is the runway was dry and there was
no crosswind conditions. The crash in Canada follows other
recent air travel incidents in North America. In late
January, at least 7 people died when a medical
transport plane crashed in Philadelphia, and days before that
, an army helicopter collided with a passenger jet in
Washington DC, killing 67 people.