Two people who were on a plane that crash landed at Toronto’s Pearson airport on Monday are suing Delta Air Lines and its subsidiary Endeavor Air. The lawsuits were filed separately in U.S. District Court in Georgia and Minnesota and allege negligence. One complaint alleges Marthinus Lourens of Texas was drenched with jet fuel as […]

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Toronto Pearson International Airport devolved into mayhem this week, somehow less so because of the Delta plane crash that saw an aircraft unbelievably flip over and burst into flames on the runway, and more so because of resulting flight cancellations and irate passengers.The hub was left operating in a limited capacity in the aftermath of the accident, with two closed runways and a growing backlog of delayed and cancelled flights just days after severe winter storms, to boot.While there is nary a person who would take the news of a flight disruption well, one might imagine that under the circumstances, hiccups were to be expected, and thus a little more forgivable.Issues with those who had booked with one airline in particular, though, ended up causing such a stir that 911 was called on Wednesday morning.On Monday, the Canadian carrier — known for its vacation packages to tropical getaways — advised travellers that all...

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Gayle King is being mocked for her baffled reaction during an interview with Delta CEO Ed Bastian, who debunked reports that Monday’s plane crash at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport was due to the Trump administration’s cuts to the Federal Aviation Authority. The CBS Morning host looked taken aback as she tilted her head to one […]

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Sunwing says it has cancelled all southbound flights from Toronto Pearson Airport for a second straight day, and is also cancelling those leaving from the Montreal airport.

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The airline has offered US$30,000 in compensation to passengers who were on the plane, saying the money 'has no strings attached'

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The wreck of a crashed Delta Air Lines jet has been cleared from a runway at Toronto's Pearson International Airport.

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Delta Air Lines is reportedly offering passengers on the flight that crash-landed at Toronto Pearson International Airport $30,000 US each. News outlets including the Toronto Star and Minnesota Star Tribune reported that the U.S. airliner has made the offer. According to the reports, company spokesperson Morgan Durrant confirmed that the Delta care team was telling […]

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Delta Air Lines announced earlier today that it would be offering compensation to those on the plane that crashed at Pearson Airport in Toronto. 76 passengers and 4 crew members survived the harrowing  ordeal that saw flight 4819 arriving from Minneapolis burst into flames on Monday afternoon after its wing clipped the runway upon landing among heavy wind gusts in Toronto.Delta's payout comes with "no strings attached" according to the airline and is available to all passengers regardless of whether they were among the 21 who ended up at a local hospital or were among those who walked away with just some bumps and scrapes.Of the 21 passengers sent to hospital, all but one has now been released.According to the airline, Delta assisted passengers with hotels, meals, transportation and other personal needs after the incident. They have also been trying to reunite passengers with the luggage and personal belongings that were recovered from the wreckage.The aircraft has not yet...

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Sunwing Airlines flights travelling south from Toronto Pearson International Airport have been cancelled as the airline works to get people stranded abroad back home.

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Delays at Pearson airport continued Wednesday as investigators worked to determine the cause of the fiery crash landing of a Delta Air Lines plane. All 76 passengers and four crew members survived Monday afternoon’s crash landing when the plane hit the tarmac and then tipped over, creating a fireball as its wing scraped along the […]

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More delays and cancellations to and from Toronto Pearson airport continue on Wednesday amid a backlog from the Delta plane crash and two major winter storms.

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Investigation into plane crash at Pearson airport continues

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They say that every safety standard is written in blood. Here are the oceans of blood that made such a thing survivable

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In Monday’s dramatic Delta Air Lines crash at Toronto Pearson International Airport, the regional jet clipped a wing, flipped upside down in the snow and reportedly caused an explosion at the scene. Yet, crucially, all 80 people on board survived, something aviation experts attributed to aircraft design and the responses of the cabin crew and […]

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“Land hard. Slide fast. Roll. Done.” Those were the words on Tuesday from Peter Carlson, a 20-year veteran paramedic from Minneapolis, who was aboard the Delta Air Lines flight that crashed Monday afternoon at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport. “(It was a) forceful landing onto the runway,” said Carlson. “We definitely felt like we dropped very […]

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With a plane sitting upside-down on the tarmac at the Toronto airport, Anne Robinson remained pragmatic about the slim chance she could end up in a similar crash. “Deep down, it does (scare me), but it’s not going to stop me,” Robinson said Tuesday after her flight out of Toronto Pearson International Airport was cancelled […]

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Passengers are speaking out about their experiences after Delta Flight 4819 made an emergency crash-landing in Toronto, leaving 21 injured.

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Two people are still receiving treatment in hospital a day after a Delta flight crashed at Toronto’s Pearson Airport, coming to a rest upside down on the tarmac. The head of the Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA) says she is “grateful” for the good news on what could have been a very tragic day. “It […]

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A video of 44 seconds before the crash does not appear to show the flight crew making an aviation maneuver known as a "flare" — raising the jet's nose to slow it before touch down.

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Staff at YVR said that while departures and arrivals at Pearson resumed following the crash, the situation will continue to impact flights connected to Toronto.

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