Delta plane flips on landing at Toronto airport, injuring eight

Washington: A passenger plane has crashed at Toronto Pearson International Airport, officials said, with the plane flipping on landing.

CBC and CP24 television both reported eight people were injured in the crash on Monday (Tuesday AEDT).

Of the eight injuries, one was critical and the rest were mild to moderate, Peel Regional Paramedic Services Supervisor Lawrence Saindon said.

Toronto’s Pearson Airport said the incident involved a Delta Air Lines plane arriving from Minneapolis and that emergency teams were responding.

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

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 Constable Sarah Patten of the Peel Regional Police in 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,” Patten said.

Conditions at the airport were icy after a snowstorm blew through the north-east of the continent at the weekend, dumping up to 25 centimetres of snow in Toronto.