Delta Airlines flight crash lands at Toronto Pearson Airport

A Delta Air Lines flight arriving at Toronto Pearson Airport from Minneapolis, Minnesota, flipped in an upside-down position as it landed on Monday afternoon, February 17, 2025. The airport said on social media that all passengers and crew were accounted for. Eighty persons, 76 of them passengers, were on board. No deaths were reported, and at least 15 people were said to have been injured, two of them critically up to Monday afternoon.

The airport said there had been “an incident upon landing involving a Delta Air Lines plane arriving from Minneapolis”. The aircraft was seen upside down and burning with exits open and parts missing, as fire trucks responded to the emergency. Investigations are being carried out.

Days earlier in this region, two commercial aircraft were forced to make emergency landings in Antigua within 12 hours of each other due to complications during flight.

At 10:34 p.m on Thursday, February 13, an Air Canada Airbus, carrying 120 passengers, made an emergency landing at Antigua’s V.C Bird International Airport after reporting landing gear problems.

The pilot, whose flight originated in Toronto, had to perform precautionary fuel-dumping manoeuvres before landing. The Airbus was cleared for safety at 10:48 p.m, indicating that all passengers were safe.

Earlier that day, around 10:57 a.m, an Amerijet Boeing 767 cargo plane, carrying four crew and over 5,000 pounds of jet fuel, also made an emergency landing after encountering flap malfunctions while travelling from Miami to St. Maarten.

These recent incidents are among the latest aircraft mishaps following a fatal mid-air collision at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport involving an American Airlines commercial aircraft and a US Army helicopter.

In the aftermath, the US government dismissed several hundred Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) employees, including probationary workers involved in radar, landing, and navigational aid maintenance.

These roles are said to be crucial for maintaining the functionality of air traffic control systems to ensure the safe operation of

equipment used to guide aircraft.(Sources include Loop News)