Canadian investigators said on Feb 18 they recovered the so-called black boxes from a regional jet that flipped upside down upon landing in windy conditions a day earlier at Toronto\u2019s Pearson Airport, injuring 21 of the 80 people on board.
\nInvestigators from Canada\u2019s Transportation Safety Board (TSB) are leading the probe to figure out why the CRJ900 aircraft operated by Delta Air Line\u2019s Endeavour Air subsidiary went belly up on Feb 17 at Toronto\u2019s Pearson Airport, the country\u2019s largest airport.
\nTSB senior investigator Ken Webster said in a video that the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder were sent to the agency\u2019s lab for further analysis into what happened to Flight DL4819 from Minneapolis-St Paul International Airport to Toronto.
\nDelta Air Lines said on Feb 18 that 19 of 21 passengers taken to local hospitals after a Toronto plane crash a day earlier have been discharged.
\nGreater Toronto Airports chief executive Deborah Flint said at a press conference that the two remaining hospitalised passengers did not face life-threatening injuries.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s really, really incredible when you see that aircraft \u2013 it just makes you really thankful for the all safety checks,\u201d Ms Flint said, praising the flight crew and first responders.
\nIt\u2019s not yet clear what happened to the plane.
\nAir crashes are usually caused by multiple factors.
\nThe 16-year-old CRJ900, made by Canada\u2019s Bombardier and powered by GE Aerospace engines, can seat up to 90 people. At least one of the two wings was no longer attached to the plane, video footage showed after the accident.
\nToronto Pearson Airport said earlier on Feb 17 it was dealing with high winds and frigid temperatures as airlines attempted to rebound after a weekend snowstorm dumped more than 22cm of snow.
\nThe wreckage of the plane is expected to remain on the airport grounds for potentially another 48 hours and two of Pearson\u2019s runways will remain closed until it is removed, Ms Flint said.
\nThe Delta plane touched down in Toronto at 2.13pm (3.13am Singapore time, Feb 18) after an 86-minute flight and came to rest near the intersection of runway 23 and runway 15, Flightradar24 data showed.
\nThe weather at the time of the crash indicated a \u201cgusting crosswind and blowing snow\u201d, the flight tracking website said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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