Newly released video footage dramatically depicts a Delta plane erupting in flames and inverting during a crash landing.

Another video shows a passenger exiting the overturned aircraft onto the snow-covered runway. 

The CRJ-900 jet, originating from Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport, successfully evacuated all 80 passengers, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Images reveal the plane’s damaged tail and wing resting upside down in the snow at Toronto Pearson International Airport. Prior to the incident, high winds and snow caused flight disruptions at the airport. 

A passenger recounted to CBC News a sudden, jarring shift during the landing. 

“One moment you’re landing, anticipating arrival, and the next, you’re upside down,” Pete Carlson, an American healthcare worker attending a paramedics conference, stated. 

Carlson described the landing as forceful but expressed amazement at his survival. Exiting the plane felt like “stepping onto the tundra,” he said, adding that the passengers’ priority was simply escaping the aircraft. Injured passengers were quickly triaged and transported. 

Post-crash statements from officials described the plane as “upside-down and burning” on the tarmac.

Delta Air Lines reported 18 passengers sustained injuries requiring hospital transport. A paramedic spokesperson confirmed at least three suffered critical, yet non-life-threatening, injuries. 

In a 10:33 p.m. ET update, Delta confirmed no fatalities and reported some hospitalized passengers had been released.

Two patients were airlifted to Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center and St. Michael’s Hospital, while a four-year-old child was taken to The Hospital for Sick Children.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation, with an official update expected early Tuesday. 

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada will lead the investigation and provide updates, the FAA stated.

Delta deployed its incident response team, including a Delta Care Team and Endeavor Air leadership, to Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) to support passengers and cooperate with investigators.

“The hearts of the entire Delta family are with those affected,” Delta CEO Ed Bastian said in a statement. “We are working to confirm details and will share updates.”

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz confirmed contact with Delta following the crash. 

Senators Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith, along with Representatives Tom Emmer, Angie Craig, and Pete Stauber, expressed gratitude to first responders and offered thoughts and prayers to those involved.

The Trump administration’s promised review of air traffic control systems follows a fatal midair collision in January.

Other recent North American aviation incidents include a fatal plane crash in Alaska and a fatal medical transport jet crash in Philadelphia. 

Digital’s Sarah Rumpf-Whitten and