SHOCKING footage of the Delta crash shows the moment the jet flips before erupting into flames after crash landing at Toronto Pearson Airport.
Panicked passengers onboard the plane from Minneapolis were forced to crawl along the ceiling to flee after the jet slammed into the icy runway in the terrifying near-disaster.
Officials confirmed 21 people were treated for injuries and two were airlifted to trauma centers for critical but non-life-threatening injuries. One child was also taken to a children's hospital after the crash.
As of Tuesday morning, 19 of the 21 people treated for injuries were released from hospitals and incredibly, no one died - despite the plane flipping over.
Shocking footage captured of the Bombardier CRJ900, with 76 passengers and four crew on board, shows the moment the jet skids across the runway and erupts into flames.
The body of the aircraft appears to be completely engulfed in fire as it's captured flipping several times before the bright-orange blaze changes to plumes of thick black smoke.
Captured by a first officer of a different plane at Canada's Toronto Pearson International Airport, the jet appears to roll over its right wing which could have broken the fuel tank, potentially causing the fire, reports.
In another clip, passengers can be seen crawling out of the plane traveling from Minneapolis.
Dramatic footage from inside the jet showed passengers scrambling to escape as a crew member shouted: "Everything, drop it. Come on!"
Another clip taken by a terrified passenger shows the chaotic aftermath of the crash.
The panicked woman can be seen inside the dark fuselage of the aircraft crying: "My plane crashed, I'm upside down".
Snow blown by winds gusting to 40 mph swirled when the flight attempted to land at around 2.15pm.
Communications between the tower and pilot were normal on approach and it's not clear what went so drastically wrong when the plane touched down.
Flight expert Scott Keyes, the mastermind behind the Going travel app, said it’s too early to speculate about the cause of the crash.
“It’s certainly safe to call it a ‘freak accident’ and that may be understating just how rare a scene like this is,” he said.
“An inverted passenger plane is something moviegoers saw in Denzel Washington’s 2012 film Flight – not something we see in reality until today.”
Smoke surrounded the jet in the aftermath of the terrifying scene.
A passenger named John Nelson shared a video from the scary scene on Facebook on Monday.
"We just landed," he said in a showing the aircraft upside down.
"Our plane crashed, it's upside down. The fire department is on site.
"Most people appear to be okay. We're all getting off, [there's] some smoke going on."
Fellow passenger Peter Koukov told that they were "upside down hanging like bats" in the horror crash.
Scott Keyes, founder and chief flight expert at the Going travel app, shared insights with The U.S. Sun following the Delta plane crash at Torotno Pearson International Airport on February 17.
Regarding the cause of the Toronto plane crash:
"It’s too early to speculate what precisely happened, I’m afraid. It’s certainly safe to call it a “freak accident” and that may be understating just how rare a scene like this is. An inverted passenger plane is something moviegoers saw in Denzel Washington’s 2012 film Flight—not something we see in reality until today."
Regarding smaller jets having been involved in recent crashes:
"While it’s certainly unexpected to have two major incidents in a row take place on small aircraft, it’s not totally shocking. Around one-third of commercial aircraft in the US are smaller planes like the Delta CRJ seen today. We’ll wait and see for the investigators’ report, but given the differing circumstances of Toronto and DCA, I think it’s highly unlikely that this is a built-in aircraft issue similar to what we saw with successive 737 MAX crashes."
Regarding air travel safety:
"You are far, far more likely to get in an accident on your drive to the airport than on your flight from the airport. On a per-mile basis, your mortality risk in a car is over 100 times higher than in a passenger plane. The fact that incidents like these grab so much attention is because of their rarity."
-- Scott Keyes, founder and chief flight expert at the Going travel app
The fire department was shown spraying fire retardant on the plane.
"Several customers with injuries were transported to area hospitals. Our primary focus is taking care of those impacted," Delta said in a statement to The U.S. Sun.
The airline confirmed the Toronto airport, YYZ, was closed "shortly after the incident occurred."
"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."
A medical helicopter in the air near the Toronto airport described the scene in audio obtained from the moments after the crash.
"LifeFlight 1, Medevac, just so you are aware there are people outside walking around the aircraft there," an air traffic controller worker told the helicopter pilot, according to LiveATC audio obtained by .
"Yeah, we've got it. The aircraft is upside down and burning," the helicopter pilot replied.
Toronto Pearson International Airport shared the following statement after a Delta plane flipped upside down on their runway.
"Toronto Pearson is aware of an incident upon landing involving a Delta Airlines plane arriving from Minneapolis," the airport said.
"Emergency teams are responding.
"All passengers and crew are accounted for."
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The Federal Aviation Administration shared a statement noting the airplane departed from the St. Paul International Airport on Monday.
“Delta Air Lines Flight 4819, operated by Endeavor Air, crashed while landing at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Canada around 2:45 p.m. local time,” the FAA told The U.S. Sun.
"All 80 people on board were evacuated."
The National Transportation Safety Board is helping the Transportation Safety Board of Canada investigate the crash.
The FAA ordered all runways to be closed at Toronto Pearson International Airport.
As of 4:15 pm, 237 flights were canceled at the airport, according to
Some diverted flights are heading to Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport in Quebec, which is about 315 miles northeast of the Toronto hub, the Quebec airport confirmed on .
The Quebec airport, YUL wrote that the airport was "preparing to receive several diversion flights."
"Our teams are already in action to welcome them," YUL wrote.
"However, given the large number of passengers at YUL, please note that the situation may cause delays at various points along the passenger process."
Toronto has suffered back-to-back storms this winter, with local officials saying it could take as long as three weeks to clear snow across the city, according to the .
Hours before the crash, the Toronto airport posted a picture on X of the cleared runway after this weekend's snowy weather.
"Here's a look at part of our airfield this morning as the clean-up continues from this weekend's storm," the airport shared.
"Our crews worked all weekend to keep the roughly 5 million square meters of airfield clear of snow to keep planes arriving and departing safely."
Delta shared the following statement with The U.S. Sun:
"Delta Connection flight 4819, operated by Endeavor Air using a CRJ900 aircraft, was involved in a single-aircraft accident at Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) around 3:30p ET on Monday. The flight originated from Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP).
Initial reports were that there are no fatalities. Several customers with injuries were transported to area hospitals. Our primary focus is taking care of those impacted.
The flight was carrying a total of 80 people – 76 passengers and four crew.
YYZ was closed shortly after the incident occurred. 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.
Endeavor Air is a wholly owned subsidiary of Delta Air Lines headquartered in Minneapolis.
Delta will provide updates at
This is the latest in a series of plane disasters in the past few weeks, including a midair collision between a passenger plane and a military helicopter that killed 67 people on January 29.
Officials revealed last week that bad radio transmission might have caused the devastating crash, which sent the two aircraft plunging into the Potomac River in Washington DC.
Crews spent days combing through the icy waters in a tragic recovery mission as they pulled bodies from the river and identified the victims.
The tragedy marked the deadliest aviation crash in the US since February 2009, when a plane crash near Buffalo, New York, killed 50 people in total.
By Patrick Harrington, foreign news reporter
TODAY'S crash follows a spate of major aircraft incidents in North America - though thankfully it was not as deadly as some of its recent predecessors.
All 67 people onboard an American Airlines plane and a US Army helicopter died when the two aircraft crashed midair and plunged into the Potomac River on January 29.
There were 64 passengers on the CRJ700 plane and three crew members on the Black Hawk chopper.
Then, on January 31, a medical jet crashed into a busy Philadelphia street, killing all six on board and one person on the ground.
A six-year-old girl travelling back from life-saving treatment and her mum were among the plane's passengers.
And earlier this month, a commuter plane went missing in the Alaskan wilderness.
It was found near Alaska's east coast will all nine passengers plus the captain dead.
There have been some considerable more devastating air disasters in North America over the past decades.
In February 2009, a passenger flight from New Jersey to New York stalled in the air, and the engine never restarted.
The aircraft crashed into a house in Clarence Center, NY, killing all 49 passengers and crew and one person inside the building.
In 2001, an American Airlines flight crashed into a residential area of Belle Harbor, New York, when all 260 people aboard were killed.
And in July 1996, a Trans World Airlines flight plunged into the Atlantic Ocean whilst on its way to Paris.
All 230 people aboard perished and the aircraft was destroyed.
The deadliest plane crash in US history was American Airlines Flight 191 between Chicago and Los Angeles.
On May 25, 1979 the pilot lost control of the aircraft after its left engine detached from the wing just after takeoff.
The plane crashed just 4,60ft from the end of the runway, killing all 271 people on board.
And the most devastating plane crash on Canadian soil was a flight carrying US Army personnel from Cairo, Egypt, to their base in Fort Campbell, Kentucky - via Gander in Newfoundland, Canada.
Shortly after taking off again in Canada, the flight stalled, crashed and burned out - killing all 256 passengers and crew.
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