The delay at Toronto’s Pearson airport continued Wednesday as investigators worked to determine the cause of the Delta Air Lines’ fiery crash landing.
All 76 passengers and four crew survived a crashed landing Monday afternoon when the plane crashed into the runway and turned over, before its wings rolled and stopped in a cloud of smoke. I made a fireball when I rubbed it along the ground. A video posted on social media showed an emergency crew absorbing the plane as passengers climbed up the snowy tarmac from the emergency exit.
In an update Wednesday, the airline said 20 of the 21 passengers originally sent to a local hospital have been released.
“The Delta and Endeavor teams remain in Toronto and are fully involved as part of the survey,” the airline said in a statement. Its subsidiary Endeavor was the operator of the Minneapolis-to-Toronto flight.
“The maintenance team will be able to remove the aircraft from the runway on Wednesday and will be on their feet once it’s safe.”
Two of Pearson’s five runways, including “the busiest” in Canada, will remain closed, said airport mission manager Jake Keating. As a result, the airport had to set a cap on departures throughout the day, and similar steps were taken to manage arrivals.
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“This is being worked to overwhelm the airfield and ensure it is maximizing its capabilities with available runways,” he said in an interview with television station CP24. Wednesday morning.
Once the wreckage is removed, Keating said the delays are likely to continue as the airport inspects the runway and “ensures everything is still working.”
Investigators with the Canadian Road Safety Board said they retrieved the plane’s black box on Tuesday and sent it out for analysis, but it was too early to say what led to the crash.
Kit Derby, a veteran US-based aviator and flight instructor, said in an interview with the Canadian media that mechanical issues with Gusty and landing gear could be a factor in Monday’s crash. I suggested there is.
