Passengers leave a Delta Air Lines CRJ-900 jet after it crashed on landing at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada Feb. 17, 2025 in a still image from video.
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A Delta Air Lines regional jet crashed upon landing Monday afternoon at Toronto Pearson International Airport and flipped over. All 80 people on board survived, officials said.
The 76 passengers and four crew members were evacuated from the plane, a CRJ-900 regional jet, after the accident, which occurred around 2:15 p.m. ET, Delta said. Two people were airlifted in critical condition, according to Peel Regional Paramedic Services. Delta said Tuesday morning that 19 of 21 passengers who were taken to local hospitals had been released.
Video on social media appeared to show the aircraft hitting the runway, before fire and smoke emerged and the airplane flipped over.
Delta Flight 4819, operated by the carrier’s regional subsidiary Endeavor Air, originated in Delta’s hub of Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport.
Flights to the Toronto airport were temporarily halted but resumed as of 5 p.m. ET on Monday. Delta canceled the rest of its flights to and from Toronto on Monday and issued travel waivers to affected passengers.
“Our most pressing priority remains taking care of all customers and Endeavor crew members who were involved,” Delta CEO Ed Bastian said in a statement. “We are grateful for all the first responders and medical teams who have been caring for them.”
A Delta airlines plane sits on its roof after crashing upon landing at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Toronto, Feb. 17, 2025.
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The Toronto airport said it had been expecting a busy day after heavy snowfall in the area, and an expected 130,000 travelers on board around 1,000 flights.
It wasn’t immediately clear what caused the crash. Weather reports showed winds of between 20 mph and 30 mph Monday, with gusts of up to 40 mph.
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada will lead the crash investigation. The National Transportation Safety Board said a team of U.S. investigators will participate in the probe. U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said on social media platform X that FAA investigators were en route to Toronto and that he was working with his Canadian counterparts to assist in the investigation.
Delta said it sent a team to the Toronto airport Monday evening, including specially trained employees to help customers, employees and Endeavor Air leaders to support the investigation.
“Events like these remind us why our entire industry is united on the importance of safety — it’s the one area where we never compete,” Bastian said in a note to staff.
The accident comes weeks after a fatal midair collision in January at Reagan International Airport in Washington, D.C., that killed all 64 people on an American Airlines regional jet and three people on board an Army Black Hawk helicopter.
Separately, the FAA was recently hit by layoffs spearheaded by President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s advisory group known as the Department of Government Efficiency, with several hundred air traffic controllers receiving firing notices over the weekend.
A U.S. Department of Transportation spokesperson told NBC News the FAA “continues to hire and onboard” air traffic controllers and that the agency has “retained employees” who perform critical safety functions.
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