Two people are still hospitalized after Monday’s aircraft accident at Toronto, Canada, can still be hospitalized, She announced on Tuesday the airport representative. According to a video posted on Tuesday, a personal plane apparently crashed hard into the runway before it started to burn and rolled over. The possible cause of the accident is still not known. According to the AFP report and BBC, TASR reports this.
The Delta aircraft, which landed in the afternoon in the largest Canadian city, where it arrived from Minneapolis in Minnesota, USA, according to video recordings, they absorbed flames and heavy black smoke when it ended on the roof.
At the time of the accident, 80 people were on board – 76 passengers and four crew members. On Tuesday, the airline stated that 21 passengers were taken to the nearby hospitals. The Executive Director of Toronto Airport Deborah Flint on Tuesday during a press conference announced that Two people are still in the hospital, Informs the BBC station.
After the accident, the healthcare professionals said that three passengers, including the child, suffered serious injuries. According to Flint, there were no life -threatening injuries.
The airport commander, Todd Aitken, said on Monday evening that it is too early to determine the cause of the accident. The following day said that Most passengers evacuated themselves from the crashed aircraft.
On social networks the day after the accident, a video appeared that records the moment when the plane tried to land and rolled over. In the moment of impact into the ground, flames suffered from the aircraft. The video was shot from a cockpit of another aircraft waiting for the airport area, writes AFP, according to which the rescuers quickly hit.
The Canadian Transport Safety Authority sent a team of investigators to the scene of the accident. According to American Transport Minister Sean Duffy, they will be helped by the US Federal Aviation Authority (FAA), who also sent his team to the place.
Flint informed during a press conference that airport operation was restored. Two lanes remain closed. According to Flint, investigators will explore a crashed aircraft at the scene of the next 48 hours. This will be followed by the removal of the aircraft.
