- Delta Air Lines is offering a $30,000 “no strings attached” payment to each of the 76 passengers aboard the flight that crash landed in Toronto. The crash caused the aircraft to lose its wings and tail before rolling to a stop on its roof.
- Although 21 passengers were transported to the hospital, none had life-threatening injuries. All but one had been discharged from medical care by Wednesday morning.
- The crash, which occurred amid severe weather conditions with significant snow and wind gusts, is being investigated by the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board and the Transportation Safety Board of Canada.
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Delta Air Lines is offering a “no strings attached” payment of $30,000 to passengers who were aboard the flight that crash-landed in Toronto. The airline confirmed to multiple news outlets Wednesday night, Feb. 19, that it offered the “no strings attached” payout to all 76 passengers aboard the CRJ-900 flying from Minneapolis into Toronto Pearson International Airport before crashing on the runway and bursting into flames.
The flight, operated by Endeavor Air, lost its wings and tail upon impact. It rolled to a stop on its roof, leaving passengers suspended. The airline said 21 passengers were transported to a hospital, but none had life-threatening injuries.
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In a statement, Delta said all but one passenger had been discharged from medical care as of Wednesday morning.
Toronto Pearson President and CEO Deborah Flint said the airport had received an abnormal amount of snow in the days before the crash.
“We got more than 20 inches, 50 centimeters of accumulated snow,” Flint said in a news conference Tuesday, Feb. 18. “There were many delays and cancellations across this part of Canada and the U.S. Northeast during this time, creating numerous flight delays and backlogs.”
Flint didn’t say that the crash was weather-related, but information from the area showed wind gusts up to 40 miles per hour on Monday, Feb. 17.
Delta said personnel were still removing debris from the runway as recently as Wednesday morning. The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board is assisting the Transportation Safety Board of Canada in the ongoing investigation as to the cause of the crash.
