Delta Flight Flips Upside Down in Crash at Toronto Airport

A Delta Air Lines flight flipped upside down and crashed as it was landing at a Toronto airport just outside of Canada’s largest city Monday, witnesses said.

At least 15 people were injured when the flight from Minneapolis went down at Pearson International Airport, local paramedics said.

Three passengers, including a child, were in serious condition, ambulance service Ornge told local news station CP24.

“Toronto Pearson is aware of an incident upon landing involving a Delta Airlines plane arriving from Minneapolis,” said the airport in a statement. “Emergency teams are responding. All passengers and crew are accounted for.”

Anita Anand, Canada’s Minister of Transport, said there were 80 passengers on board, in a statement posted to X.

Photos shared online showed Delta Flight 4819, which took off from Minneapolis at 11:47 a.m. and was scheduled to arrive around 2 p.m. local time, belly-up on the tarmac.

No cause for the crash has been released.

Shortly after the crash, dozens of arriving and departing flights were listed as delayed on Pearson’s website. Flight tracking website Flightradar24 reported that the airport is currently groundstopped, meaning all flights have been diverted or are in holding.

The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA union said it is aware of the incident, and said the flight was operated by Delta-owned subsidiary Endeavor Air.

Kellie Meyer, a reporter for NewsNation in Washington, D.C. tweeted photos that she said were sent to her by a friend who was on the Toronto-bound flight—they images show the plane’s fuselage turned upside down, with smoke billowing out of its wings.

“He’s okay,” she added, of her friend.

Video posted by one passenger in the aftermath of the crash circulated widely on social media.

“We’re in Toronto. We just landed. Our plane crashed,” a man can be heard saying in the video. “It’s upside down. Fire department’s on site. Upside down. Everybody—most people—appear to be okay. We’re all getting off.”

Police from the local Peel region, which borders the city of Toronto and is home to the metropolitan area’s largest airport, said they are on scene investigating the incident.

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, in a statement posted to social media, said he is in contact with Delta, adding he was “grateful to the first responders and professionals on scene.”

The crash was first major incident involving a commercial passenger jet since 67 people were killed in the Jan. 29 collision of an Army Black Hawk helicopter and American Airlines flight at Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington D.C.

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), which has been under scrutiny for the D.C. collision, said the Transportation Safety Board of Canada will lead the investigation into Tuesday’s crash.