The Delta Air Lines plane flipped upside down at Canada’s Toronto Pearson International Airport.
Emergency teams are responding to a plane crash at Canada’s Toronto Pearson International Airport involving an aircraft from Delta Air Lines arriving from Minneapolis, according to the airport.
A video shows the plane flipped upside down at the airport.
All 80 people on board were evacuated, according to a statement by the Federal Aviation Administration. At least three people were taken to local hospitals with critical injuries, according to the emergency ambulance service. Separately, Canada’s CP24 news channel reported eight people were injured, citing paramedics.
Strong winds have been impacting Toronto all day. Winds are currently sustained at 32 mph with gusts of 40 mph at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport.
The incident comes less than three weeks after an American Airlines plane collided midair with a US Army Black Hawk helicopter while on approach to Washington DC’s Reagan National Airport, and on the heels of deadly Jeju Air and Azerbaijan Airlines accidents in December.
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