A plane crash at Toronto Pearson International Airport on Monday led to a response from emergency and police authorities, CTV News reported, citing local police.
A Delta flight bound from Minneapolis with 76 passengers and four crew members crashed on the tarmac, landed upside down, and caught ablaze, according to Canadian media.
Canadian News outlet CTV reported that an agent in air traffic control radio audio can be heard saying that the aircraft was “upside down and burning.”
Eighteen people sustained injuries of varying degrees, CTV reported. Of those injured, two adults and one child were critically injured.
Aviation authorities said that all 80 people on the flight were accounted for and evacuated from the scene.
“Emergency teams are responding. All passengers and crew are accounted for,” the airport posted in a statement on X/Twitter.
Delta flight carrying around 80 passengers crash lands at Toronto Pearson Airport.No casualties reported at this time.pic.twitter.com/JRIb7wkmJ8
— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) February 17, 2025
Crash could be due to winter weather
Delta said that it was also aware of the crash in a statement on X/Twitter.
“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,” the statement reads.
Shocking new video shows the moment Delta passengers were being evacuated after a plane crashed and caught fire upon landing in Canada Monday. Read more here: https://t.co/OobEh1SPmR pic.twitter.com/d12R7W5l40
— ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) February 18, 2025
The crash came after Pearson International Airport saw significant delays due to winter weather. The airport canceled hundreds of flights over the weekend and on Monday.
Toronto had 30 – 50 centimeters of snow over the weekend after back-to-back winter storms, the BBC reported.
Candian Transportation Minister Anita Anand said that she was following the "serious incident," in a Monday post on X/Twitter.
"I’m relieved there are no casualties after the incident at Toronto Pearson. Provincial officials are in contact with the airport and local authorities and will provide any help that’s needed," Ontario Premier Doug Ford wrote in a statement on X/Twitter on Monday.
The airport has shut down all arrivals and departures to deal with the incident, CTV reported.
Reuters contributed to this report.
This is a developing story.