At least 15 injured as plane flips upside down at Toronto airport

At least 15 people were injured after the Delta Air Lines plane crash landed following a huge winter storm that dumped 22cm of snow on Toronto Pearson International Airport.

A Delta Air Lines plane crashed while landing Monday afternoon at the snowy Toronto Pearson International Airport.

All 80 passengers and crew were evacuated, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and Canada’s transport minister said.

US media reports up to 15 were injured, including three critically. One of those three was a child, it said, adding they had been taken to hospital.

“Our plane crashed, it’s upside down!” Delta Airlines plane crashes at Toronto Pearson Airport. pic.twitter.com/t0fyq8bVIN

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The plane, a Bombardier CRJ-900, crash-landed around 2.45pm local time, according to the Federal Aviation Administration..

John Nelson, posted a video showing the crashed plane and wrote: “Our plane crashed. It’s upside down.” “Most people appear to be okay. We’re all getting off,” he added.

WATCH: Passenger shares video of evacuation from upside down Delta plane in Toronto pic.twitter.com/0iHo0SuuaU

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The Endeavor Flight 4819 was landing in Canada’s biggest city from Minneapolis in the US state of Minnesota when it crashed, the airline said.

The airport said on social media that emergency teams were responding to the incident and that “all passengers and crew are accounted for.”

Passengers exit the Delta plane which flipped on the runway.

All passengers escaped from the aircraft.

New video circulating from the Delta Airlines plane crash at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Canada. At least 8 injured. pic.twitter.com/s8XHzSzRMD

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The Delta plane which flipped after landing.

Departures to Toronto Pearson were grounded due to an “aircraft emergency,” according to a notice on the Federal Aviation Administration’s website.

Federal Transport Minister Anita Anand said there were 80 passengers on the flight.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford said he was “relieved there are no casualties after the incident at Toronto Pearson,” adding that airport and local authorities were providing help.

A string of aircraft incidents in recent weeks has stirred fear among fliers and the broader aviation community. An American Airlines regional jet collided with a military helicopter near Washington, D.C., last month, leaving no survivors.

A medical transport jet crashed two days later in a fiery explosion near a mall in northeast Philadelphia, killing seven. The wreckage of a passenger plane carrying 10 people was found in Alaska earlier this month.

The smoking aircraft on the runway after flipping.

The crash followed a weekend winter storm in the area which dumped nearly 22cm of snow on the airport, forcing crews to work overnight Sunday to clear key runways.

The Wall Street Journal