According to a statement from Delta Airlines, there were four staff members and 76 passengers on board when the accident occurred.
According to local media, a jet crashed Monday at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Canada, injuring several persons.Peel Regional Paramedic Services reports that 18 individuals, including a toddler, were hurt in the collision. According to reports, three of those are in critical condition.
On landing, the plane flipped, according to CBC television.
The airport acknowledged that it is aware of an incident involving a Delta Airlines plane arriving from Minneapolis in a post on X.
Emergency personnel are reacting. According to the message, "all passengers and crew are accounted for."
According to reports, paramedics are setting up a staging area off the runway while local police are on the scene conducting an investigation.
The airport had halted all arrivals and departures following the disaster, but flights have now resumed, according to a CTV News report.
According to a statement from Delta Airlines, there were four staff members and 76 passengers on board when the accident occurred.
According to the statement, "Delta is working to connect with customers traveling from, to, or through YYZ who should also monitor the status of their flight via the Fly Delta app."
According to the FAA, a ground stop was conducted at Toronto Pearson Airport after the disaster, as reported by Reuters.
"A plane has crashed. However, Constable Sarah Patten of the Peel Regional Police in Ontario told Reuters, "At this time, we don't know the circumstances surrounding it."
"It is my understanding that most of the passengers are out and unharmed but we're still trying to make sure so we're still on scene investigating," said Patten.
Numerous plane crashes in North America
Concerns over aviation safety have been raised by the several air crashes that have shook the North American continent in recent weeks.
A turboprop aircraft that was in route from Unalakleet to the hub city of Nome vanished earlier this month. The rescue crews discovered the plane's wreckage on an ice floe that was drifting roughly 5 miles (8 kilometers) per day a day later.The crash claimed the lives of ten persons.
When an American Airlines regional plane landed at Reagan Washington National Airport late last month, it struck a US military black hawk chopper in midair, killing 67 people.
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