Incidents
How a Plane Crashed at Toronto Airport
Mariam Z.
Footage has surfaced online showing how a Delta Airlines plane crashed while landing at Toronto's Lester B. Pearson International Airport. Earlier reports indicated that, according to the Globe and Mail, the weather conditions at the airport were poor at the time of the accident, with a temperature of -9 degrees, blizzard conditions, and wind gusts of up to 18 m/s.
The causes of the incident have not yet been officially determined. There were 80 people on board, including 76 passengers and 4 crew members. According to the latest information cited by the AP, 19 individuals were injured, with two of them in critical condition transported by helicopter to a nearby trauma center.