to St story we have been following since midafternoon 18 passengers were injured after a Delta plane flipped upside down during landing at Toronto Pearson Airport here's what we know tonight the FAA says 80 people were on that plane at the time of the crash 76 passengers and four crew the aircraft was Aris arriving from Minneapolis there were no deaths or critical injuries this according to airport officials we also learned that the same aircraft that crashed flew from Cleveland to many Apolis earlier today NBC's Tom Castello has the latest on the runway in Toronto a terrifying
end for Delta flight 4819 our plane crashed it's upside down line upside down on the runway an Endeavor Air Regional Jet had just arrived from Minneapolis in Gusty winds when something went terribly wrong this airplane is crash as thick black smoke poured from the plane firefighters smothered the scene in foam the right Wing ripped off the fuselage bearing what appeared to be skid or suot marks everything drop it all 80 people on board managed to escape through the emergency exits I was working to this fence and I could see a CR crj that is uh
possibly crashed on the airport uh the the airplanes flipped 18 people injured and transported to area hospitals including two airlifted to Trauma Centers one child rushed to Children's Hospital in Toronto I've seen a few people on stretches that we have transported I have seen uh one person with a sling on their arm um and I've seen others that are just uh potentially um exposure um type injuries because it is very cold here the plane a bombardier crj900 Regional Jet made in Canada is a Workhorse for short Hall flights worldwide at the time of the crash
it was 18° with 20 to 30 m perh winds and strong cross winds the question for investigators how and why did the plane lose at least one maybe both Wings on Landing then flip over causing jet fuel to spill onto the runway I think it's possible the wing may have touched the runway uh due to a gust and if that's the case then the rest of this makes sense but the records are going to show that in a statement Delta says our primary focus is taking care of those impacted the flight was carrying a total
of 80 people 76 passengers and four crew the investigation now will be led by the Canadian Transportation safety board with both the US FAA and NTSB assisting and that was NBC's Tom Costello reporting now to reiterate that same aircraft left Cleveland at about 8:00 this morning for Minneapolis so far there is no indication that any passengers on that flight were also on the Minneapolis flight to Toronto
