Why did the Delta plane crash and flip in Toronto? This is what we know about the reasons.
Delta jet crashed on Monday During the hot landing At Toronto Pearson International Airport, stopping while flipping upside down, slipping down the apron.
The dramatic scene captured by the air traffic controller in the video, which later injured 21 people on board – two people are crucial. The result is still in the Canadian Transportation Safety Commission investigation, which said Tuesday that the aircraft's black box has been recovered, the National Transportation Safety Commission and the Federal Aviation Administration. That's all we know so far.
The ceiling of the plane “has become the floor”
Delta Airlines flight 4819 leaves Minneapolis Street. On Monday morning, Paul International Airport in Minnesota carried 76 passengers and four crew members.
According to Delta, the plane was operated by a subsidiary of Minneapolis-based Delta Airlines, and hit the landing zone when it arrived at Toronto Airport at about 1:15 PM. Images and videos of the accident show that the CRJ-900 aircraft caused a sensation when it hit the sidewalk and turned to the side while crossing the airport, losing its tail along the way and sides along the way.
It finally turned over and stopped. Since then, passengers on the plane The description is reversedHanging down by a fixed seat belt, one recalls that he “hits into the ceiling and falls down.”
The emergency team arrived at the crash site, put out the fire, and then evacuated the passengers who were still inside. In a press conference Tuesday, Toronto International Airport President and CEO Deborah Flint praised the airport's Delta pilots and emergency workers to launch a “textbook” response to the accident, which was It took place within a few minutes.
“The crew of Delta Flight 4819 drove the passengers to safety, evacuating a jet that capsized on the runway when landing,” Flint said. “Thank you for serving safe air travel every day and every night Everything.”
Two people were seriously injured
All 80 passengers and crew members on the Delta flight survived. Emergency responders and pilots themselves took passengers to the aisle of the overturned jet and evacuated them through the emergency exit door. More footage of the crash shows passengers climbing out of the plane and walking onto a snowy apron where powerful winds blow over.
Officials initially reported 19 people were injured in the accident, but the number was modified to 21 between Monday and Tuesday. Flint said 19 people were taken to hospitals in the area for medical treatment and were later admitted to the hospital, Flint said. Corey Tkatch, operations commander of Pierre Regional Care Services, said Some people suffer from back sprainshead injuries, anxiety and “nausea and vomiting due to fuel exposure”.
According to Delta, 19 people were released on Tuesday, while two were still hospitalized, and their condition was listed as key. The exact nature of their situation has not been publicized, but Flint told reporters that on Flight 4819, people suffered a series of thought to be minor injuries without life-threatening.
Peel's regional caregivers later said the child was in good condition at the hospital where the child was first classified as injured and critically ill. Journalists urged airport officials and responders on Tuesday whether the two people who are still seriously injured and hospitalized include any children, but officials said they don't know.
Toronto experienced bad weather
When evacuating from the plane crash, the conditions that fled the plane crash encountered severe cold conditions, with one of them likening the environment to tundra weather. Snow and ice cover the apron, and powerful storms can be seen in the video.
Meteorologists say snow was blowing when the accident occurred in Toronto and the visibility had dropped to 6 miles. The wind gusts were 37 miles an hour, and the temperature dropped below freezing point was only 17 degrees Fahrenheit.
But Toronto International Airport Fire Chief Todd Aitken said Monday that the airport runway was dry at the time of the crash and that there was no condition for the airport runway to cross the line as the Delta flight arrived.
Flint said Tuesday that the crash occurred on the “Operation Day” of Toronto Airport, and hundreds of flights were cancelled over the weekend due to heavy snow. By Monday, more than 1,000 flights were booked and about three hours after the accident, they recovered at the airport.
Nearly twenty members of the Canadian Transport Safety Commission are leading an investigation into the crash and the possible crash. The National Transportation Safety Commission and the Federal Aviation Administration will also send people from two U.S. agencies to assist in the investigation.
