Plane crashes on landing at Toronto airport, injuring 8

Published February 18, 2025
An emergency responder works around an aircraft on a runway, after a plane crash at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada on February 17, 2025. — Reuters/Cole Burston
An emergency responder works around an aircraft on a runway, after a plane crash at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada on February 17, 2025. — Reuters/Cole Burston

TORONTO: Eight people were injured as a plane crashed at Toronto’s Pearson Airport on Monday, with a television channel reporting the plane flipped on landing.

The Delta Air Lines plane had arrived from Minneapolis, Minnesota.

All passengers and crew were accounted for, the airport said in a statement.

Representatives for Delta did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

“There is a plane crash. However, we don’t know the circumstances surrounding it at this point,” said a police official in the state of Ontario.

“It is my understanding that most of the passengers are out and unharmed, but we’re still trying to make sure so we’re still on scene investigating,” he added.

Published in Dawn, February 18th, 2025

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