Flights at Toronto’s Pearson Airport have resumed, but two runways have been closed as investigators from the Canadian Road Safety Board begin work that may have caused the plane crash on Monday. It’s there.
Pearson said the flight was arriving and departing, but advised travelers to check the flight status before heading to the airport.
At least 18 people were injured after a regional Delta Air Line flight from Minneapolis crashed when it landed in Toronto and collapsed around 2:30pm
Ambulance workers said of the 80 people on Delta Line’s Flight 4819, at least three, including children, were sent to hospital with critical but non-life-threatening injuries. Others were reported to have minor injuries.
There were no reports of deaths in the crash crash on Tuesday morning.
The plane arrived in Pearson, blew snow off following a winter storm that struck the Toronto area over the weekend.
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A video posted on social media showed an emergency crew defeating an aircraft that was turned over with a broken wing while passengers were climbing from an emergency exit to a snowy runway.
It was reported that gusts of winds reaching 65 km/h and that snow was blowing at the airport around the time of the collision.
Arrivals and departures in Pearson resumed by 5pm on Monday, but the airport said it was expected to delays in the coming days as the crash investigators took the job.
Doug Ford, the leader of Ontario’s progressive conservatives, was due to announce at Sault Ste. Marie is Marie on Tuesday morning, but the party said the event was delayed as Ford’s flight from Toronto didn’t take off on time.
