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Report Reveals What Went Wrong With Delta Plane That Crash-Landed and Flipped Over

The Delta Air Lines flight arriving from Minneapolis on Feb. 17 crash-landed in Toronto, injuring 21 people.

According to a preliminary report, the Delta Air Lines plane that landed belly-up at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport last month was descending at a high rate of speed as its landing gear collapsed, NBC News reported. The botched landing of the flight arriving from Minneapolis on Feb. 17 injured 21 people. The report released by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada on Thursday did not disclose what caused the crash of the Endeavor Air-operated flight that had 80 people on board. The report detailed that during landing, “the aircraft impacted the runway, the rightwing detached, and a fire ensued.” Following this, the aircraft turned over and slid down the runway until it came to a full stop while its 76 passengers were left dangling upside down from their seats. “A large portion of the tail, including most of the vertical stabilizer and the entire horizontal stabilizer, became detached during the roll,” the report said. Although the passengers and four crew members were evacuated before the aircraft rescue firefighters entered the plane, “an explosion occurred outside the aircraft in the area of the left wing root,” shortly after. The cause of this explosion is also under investigation. “For everyone at Endeavor Air and Delta, nothing is more important than the safety of our customers and our people. That’s why we remain fully engaged as participants in the investigation led by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada,” Delta said in a statement Thursday.”

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