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Delta Connection Flight 4819

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Delta Connection Flight 4819
The wreckage of Flight 4819 lying on the runway
Accident
DateFebruary 17, 2025 (2025-02-17)
SummaryCrashed upon landing, overturned on the runway; under investigation
SiteToronto Pearson International Airport, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
43°40′46″N 79°37′50″W / 43.67944°N 79.63056°W / 43.67944; -79.63056
Aircraft

N932XJ, the aircraft involved in the accident, pictured in October 2024
Aircraft typeBombardier CRJ900LR
OperatorEndeavor Air as Delta Connection[a]
IATA flight No.9E4819/DL4819
ICAO flight No.EDV4819
Call signENDEAVOR 4819
RegistrationN932XJ
Flight originMinneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
DestinationToronto Pearson International Airport, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Occupants80
Passengers76
Crew4
Fatalities0
Injuries21
Survivors80

Delta Connection Flight 4819 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport that crashed on landing at Toronto Pearson International Airport on a routine flight on February 17, 2025. The flight was operated by a Bombardier CRJ900 regional jet aircraft by Endeavor Air, a wholly owned subsidiary of Delta Air Lines.[a]

The flight had 80 people on board, consisting of 76 passengers and 4 crew members.[1][2] All passengers and crew survived, but 21 injuries were reported.[3][4][5]

After the crash, the aircraft was observed upside down on the runway.[6][7][8] Winds were out of the west[9] with wind speeds of 51 kilometres per hour (32 mph; 28 kn) with gusts to 64 kilometres per hour (40 mph; 35 kn) having been reported before the plane landed.[10]

Background

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Aircraft

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The aircraft involved was a 16-year-old Bombardier CRJ900LR with the tail number N932XJ[11] and fleet number 932.

The CRJ900LR is a modified sub-variant of the CRJ900 series of regional jets produced by Bombardier, designed for longer-range flights due to its higher maximum takeoff weight (MTOW) as compared to the base variant of the CRJ900, a jet commonly used to operate short- to medium-haul regional flights. This jet had been configured with a seating capacity for up to 76 passengers. The variant has a maximum range of 1,784 miles (2,871 kilometres), a wingspan of 81 feet, 7 inches (24.9 m) and a length of 118 feet 11 inches (36 m) with a cabin cross-section length of 84 inches (2.13 m).[12] The aircraft was fitted with two General Electric CF34-8C5 turbofan engines.[13][14] The crash was the second hull loss involving a Bombardier CRJ series aircraft in 2025, following the Potomac River mid-air collision near Washington Reagan National Airport in late January.[15]

Passengers

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The flight had 80 people on board, including a full load of 76 passengers, of whom 22 twenty-two were Canadian nationals.[6]

Crew

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The 4 crew members comprised a captain, a first officer, and two flight attendants.

Crash

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The aircraft crashed upon landing at the threshold of Runway 23 in Toronto Pearson International Airport at 2:13 pm EST (19:13 UTC), breaking up into several pieces on impact, severing its tailfin and one wing while causing flames to briefly ignite around the vicinity of the fuselage.[16] A passenger on the plane posted a video to social media showing the evacuation process and the overturned plane.[17] At the time of the crash, there was blowing snow following a winter storm the previous weekend, while winds of 51 kilometres per hour (32 mph; 28 kn) with gusts of up to 64 kilometres per hour (40 mph; 35 kn) and a temperature of about −8.6 °C (16.5 °F) were present at the airport.[18] Before the crash, air traffic controllers warned the pilots of a possible signal interference in the glide path during landing.[19]

Video taken from an aircraft awaiting takeoff showed Flight 4819 slamming into the ground as it landed, bouncing and sliding forward in a roll to the right, with its wings sheared off before it coming to a stop on its back while flames emerged from the fuselage.[20] Other videos show the inverted plane with its starboard wing missing and its vertical fin torn off.[16] Smoke was seen from the fuselage.[21] Aviation safety experts said that the flight attendants and the design of the aircraft played an important role in the relative safety of the passengers in the crash. Videos shared online showed the flight attendants working to quickly evacuate everyone from the aircraft.[22]

According to the CEO of the Greater Toronto Airports Authority and Toronto Pearson International president, Deborah Flint, 18 people were injured in the crash. They were transported to hospitals, but the airport's fire chief later confirmed one more passenger was transported to the hospital with injuries.[23][17] Officials said that at least one child and two adults, a man in his 60s and a woman in her 40s,[24][25] were in critical condition; no injuries were life-threatening.[8] Three of the injured were transported to hospitals aboard an air ambulance.[19] Three air ambulance helicopters and two critical care land ambulances were sent to the crash site.[6] According to Delta Air Lines, 19 of the 21 injured passengers were released from hospitals by February 19.[26]

Aftermath

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Toronto Pearson International Airport was reported to be under a ground stop due to an aircraft emergency shortly after the crash, which halted all take-offs and landings until 5 pm EST, when the airport resumed departing and arriving traffic.[6][17] Montréal–Trudeau International Airport, Ottawa Macdonald–Cartier International Airport and John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport began accepting diverted flights following the incident.[10][27][28]

Images
  • Firetrucks next to the burned fuselage of Flight 4819
    Firetrucks next to the burned fuselage of Flight 4819
  • A clear view of the tail and right wing which separated on impact
    A clear view of the tail and right wing which separated on impact
  • A closer view of the upside-down fuselage
    A closer view of the upside-down fuselage

Investigation

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The Transportation Safety Board of Canada began an investigation,[21] while the US National Transportation Safety Board said it would send investigators to assist.[19][29] On February 18, investigators retrieved the flight recorder and sent it to a Transportation Safety Board of Canada lab for further analysis.[30] Two of the airport's runways were closed as part of the procedure.[31]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Delta Connection is a brand name used by Delta Air Lines for regional airline flights it sells under codeshare agreements with three partner airlines, including Endeavor Air. Endeavor Air is owned by Delta Air Lines.

References

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  1. ^ "Delta plane flips on landing at Toronto airport, injuring 8". Reuters. February 17, 2025. Retrieved February 17, 2025.
  2. ^ Lourenco, Denio (February 17, 2025). "At least 8 injured in plane crash at Toronto Pearson Airport". CityNews Toronto. Archived from the original on February 17, 2025. Retrieved February 17, 2025.
  3. ^ Swanson, Stephen (February 17, 2025). "Delta plane crashes, flips upside down while landing in Toronto from Minneapolis". CBS News. Retrieved February 17, 2025.
  4. ^ Shapiro, Emily (February 17, 2025). "Delta flight has 'incident' upon arrival at Toronto airport; all passengers, crew accounted for". ABC News. Archived from the original on February 17, 2025. Retrieved February 17, 2025.
  5. ^ Arsenych, Alex (February 17, 2025). "Multiple people injured in Delta Airlines plane crash at Toronto Pearson, paramedics say". CTVNews. Archived from the original on February 17, 2025. Retrieved February 17, 2025.
  6. ^ a b c d Lang, Ethan (February 17, 2025). "No fatalities after plane crashes, overturns during landing at Toronto's Pearson airport". CBC News. Archived from the original on February 17, 2025. Retrieved February 18, 2025.
  7. ^ Tumin, Remy (February 17, 2025). "Delta Plane Overturns on Landing at Toronto Airport". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on February 17, 2025. Retrieved February 17, 2025.
  8. ^ a b Swanson, Stephen (February 17, 2025). "Delta plane reportedly flips over while landing in Toronto from Minneapolis, officials say". CBS Minnesota. Archived from the original on February 18, 2025. Retrieved February 17, 2025.
  9. ^ "Child among those hurt after Delta flight flips while landing at Toronto airport". FOX 4 Kansas City WDAF-TV. February 17, 2025. Retrieved February 17, 2025.
  10. ^ a b Hammond, Elise (February 17, 2025). "Live updates: Delta Air Lines plane crashes in Toronto, Canada". CNN. Archived from the original on February 18, 2025. Retrieved February 17, 2025.
  11. ^ "FAA Registry (N932XJ)". Federal Aviation Administration.
  12. ^ "Airport Planning Manual" (PDF). Bombardier. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 6, 2022. Retrieved February 17, 2025.
  13. ^ "Bombardier CRJ-900". Delta. Retrieved February 17, 2025.
  14. ^ "CRJ900 Canadian Regional Jet". ODIN. Archived from the original on February 18, 2025. Retrieved February 17, 2025.
  15. ^ "CRJ700 Statistics". Aviation Safety Network. Archived from the original on January 30, 2025. Retrieved February 18, 2025.
  16. ^ a b Kaminski-Morrow, David (February 17, 2025). "Delta CRJ900 comes to rest inverted after Toronto landing accident". Flight Global. Retrieved February 17, 2025.
  17. ^ a b c Cohen, Rebecca (February 17, 2025). "Nine people injured after Delta plane landing at Toronto airport overturns". NBC News. Archived from the original on February 17, 2025. Retrieved February 17, 2025.
  18. ^ "Toronto Pearson International Airport CYYZ METAR". flightradar24.com. Archived from the original on January 8, 2025. Retrieved February 18, 2025.
  19. ^ a b c Casey, Michael; Wawrow, John (February 17, 2025). "Delta jet flips upside down on a snowy Toronto runway and all 80 aboard survive". AP News. Archived from the original on February 17, 2025. Retrieved February 17, 2025.
  20. ^ "Video shows Toronto plane's hard landing before flipping". France 24. February 19, 2025. Retrieved February 19, 2025.
  21. ^ a b "Delta plane flips upside down in Toronto crash, at least 17 injured". France 24. Agence France-Presse. February 17, 2025. Archived from the original on February 18, 2025. Retrieved February 18, 2025.
  22. ^ Ho, Vivian (February 18, 2024). "How did everyone survive the Delta plane crash in Toronto?". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
  23. ^ Hammond, Elise; Vera, Amir (February 17, 2025). "Delta plane crashes and flips upside down at Toronto airport". CNN. Archived from the original on February 17, 2025. Retrieved February 17, 2025.
  24. ^ "One child, two adults critically injured after airplane crash at Toronto Pearson". CTV News. February 17, 2025. Archived from the original on February 17, 2025. Retrieved February 17, 2025.
  25. ^ Yousif, Nadine; Smith, Alex (February 17, 2025). "Three critically injured after plane flips at Toronto Pearson airport". BBC News. Archived from the original on February 18, 2025. Retrieved February 17, 2025.
  26. ^ "After Toronto plane crash, Delta says 19 of 21 passengers released from hospitals". Ground News. February 18, 2025. Retrieved February 18, 2025.
  27. ^ Hamilton Spectator Staff (February 17, 2025). "How Hamilton's airport assisted with diverted flights after Delta crash at Pearson". The Hamilton Spectator. Retrieved February 17, 2025.
  28. ^ Eltherington, William (February 17, 2025). "Multiple flights diverting to Ottawa after Toronto plane crash". CTV News. Archived from the original on February 17, 2025. Retrieved February 17, 2025.
  29. ^ Hradecky, Simon (February 17, 2025). "Accident: Endeavor CRJ9 at Toronto on Feb 17th 2025, flipped over on landing". The Aviation Herald. Retrieved February 17, 2025.
  30. ^ "Investigators retrieve cockpit voice, flight data recorders from crashed Delta plane". CBC News. February 18, 2025. Retrieved February 18, 2025.
  31. ^ "All passengers survive crash landing as plane flips at Toronto airport". BBC. February 18, 2025. Archived from the original on February 18, 2025. Retrieved February 18, 2025.
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