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Delta airlines flight crashes while landing at at Toronto airport

U.S airline plane with 80 passengers crashed while landing at Toronto Pearson International Airport. About eight people are injured, local media reports. 

According to the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Delta airlines flight 4819 crashed at Toronto at 14:45 (local time). 

Toronto Pearson International Airport issued a statement at 7:57am  UTC

Toronto Pearson is aware of an incident upon landing involving a Delta Airlines plane arriving from Minneapolis. Emergency teams are responding. All passengers and crew are accounted for.

— Toronto Pearson (@TorontoPearson) February 17, 2025

Constable Sarah Patten of the peel regional police in Ontario said that most of the passengers were out and unharmed but they were still trying to make sure.

According to Ornge, a medical transport service in Ontario, three critically injured people were transported to different hospitals.

In a statement, Delta airlines confirmed that Delta was aware of  reports of Endeavor flight 4819 operating from Minneapolis.

Moreover, FAA confirmed that all the 80 people were evacuated.

Canada's transport minister Anita Anand says that she is closely following the serious incident.

According to fire chief Todd Aitken, the runway was dry. Cross wind conditions were not the reason of the plane crash.