TORONTO — There were several injuries after a Delta Air Lines flight from Minnesota crashed and caught fire upon landing in Canada Monday, local police said.
Delta Air Lines Flight 4819, operated by Endeavor Air, crashed while landing at a snowy Toronto Pearson International Airport in Canada around 2:45 p.m. local time, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a preliminary statement.
The CRJ-900 departed Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport, the FAA said.
“Toronto Pearson (airport) is aware of an incident upon landing involving a Delta Airlines plane arriving from Minneapolis. Emergency teams are responding. All passengers and crew are accounted for,” a post on X from the airport said just before 3 p.m. ET.
Fifteen people were taken to area hospitals, Peel Regional Paramedic Services said.
Two people were airlifted to Toronto trauma centers and one pediatric patient was taken to a children’s hospital.
The pediatric patient, a man in his 60s and …