The shock new footage shows the plane appearing to explode as it touches down on the tarmac of Toronto Airport, with orange flames and black smoke captured on camera
Toronto plane crash: Shocking footage captures moment of impact
Nail-biting new footage has captured the moment the doomed Delta Airlines flight into Toronto turned upside down and skidded across the runway.
Delta flight 4819 crash landed at the Canadian airport on Monday, critically injuring two people and injuring a further 18 of its 80 passengers, all of whom survived the as of yet unexplained incident. Shock pictures showing the plane’s upended fuselage have dominated in the hours after crew attempted to land at 2.15pm local time (7pm GMT).
The aircraft, a CRJ-900 (N932XJ), was met with an immediate emergency response after the “very forceful” landing which sent the plane “sideways”, Peter Carlson, a passenger who escaped from the wreckage said. New footage shows the exact dramatic moment Mr Carlson spoke of, with plumes of flame seen emanating from its exterior the moment it met the runway.
A video taken at the scene shows the plane from the cockpit of another aircraft completing what appears to be a run-of-the-mill landing procedure until it touches the ground. Orange flames can be seen billowing out from below the plane as it starts skidding before it makes a sharp right turn and flips onto its back.
The explosive reaction is followed by thick black smoke, which looms over the airport as the plane appears to disappear into the distance. Passengers inside at the time have said there appeared to be nothing unusual about the landing before they touched down, with John Nelson telling CNN he noticed a “big fire ball” emanating from its left flank after it touched the tarmac.
Afterwards, he said, “we skidded on our side, then flipped over on our back”. Some people aboard at the time recorded their experience immediately after, with Ashley Zook documenting the accident on social media. She posted a film of herself saying: “I was just in a plane crash. Oh my God.”
Of the 80 people aboard the flight, 18 people were taken to hospital, with two people – a man in his 60s and a woman in her 40s – suffering the worst injuries, Ontario’s air ambulance service Ornge said. While the vast majority of passengers escaped the incident unharmed, some have been trapped in Toronto after flights were delayed and cancelled.
