Delta Connection Flight 4819

{{Short description|2025 aviation accident in Toronto, Ontario, Canada}}

{{Infobox aircraft occurrence

| occurrence_type = Accident

| name = Delta Connection Flight 4819

| image = DeltaCRJ900 main body 3 crash toronto.jpg

| caption = The wreckage of Flight 4819 lying on the runway

| date = {{start date|2025|2|17}}

| summary = Crashed upon landing, overturned on the runway; under investigation

| site = Toronto Pearson International Airport, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

| coordinates = {{Coord|43.6943981|N|79.6344319|W}}

| plane1_ICAO = EDV4819

| plane1_callsign = ENDEAVOR 4819

| tail_number = N932XJ

| origin = Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.

| destination = Toronto Pearson International Airport, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

| plane1_image = N932XJ (Delta Conn. - Endeavor Air) at Toronto Lester B. Pearson Airport 20241005.jpg

| plane1_caption = N932XJ, the aircraft involved in the accident, pictured in October 2024

| aircraft_type = Bombardier CRJ900LR

| operator = Endeavor Air as Delta Connection{{efn|name=Delta Connection|Delta Connection is a brand name used by Delta Air Lines for regional airline flights it sells under codeshare agreements with three partner airlines, including Endeavor Air. Endeavor Air is owned by Delta Air Lines.{{Cite news |last=Ostrower |first=Jon |date=August 9, 2019 |title=Unraveling the dynamics behind Delta's regional airline consolidation |url=https://theaircurrent.com/airlines/unraveling-the-dynamics-behind-deltas-regional-airline-consolidation/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241011023908/https://theaircurrent.com/airlines/unraveling-the-dynamics-behind-deltas-regional-airline-consolidation/ |archive-date=October 11, 2024 |access-date=February 21, 2025 |work=The Air Current |language=en-US}}}}

| plane1_IATA = 9E4819/DL4819

| occupants = 80

| passengers = 76

| crew = 4

| fatalities = 0

| injuries = 21

| survivors = 80

}}

Delta Connection Flight 4819 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport in the United States to Toronto Pearson International Airport in Canada that crashed upon landing on February 17, 2025. The preliminary investigation determined that the aircraft experienced a hard landing that caused a landing gear component to fracture, leading to its collapse and the plane overturning on the runway. The aircraft was a Bombardier CRJ900 regional jet aircraft operated by Endeavor Air, a wholly owned subsidiary of Delta Air Lines.{{efn|name=Delta Connection}} The flight had 80 people on board: 76 passengers and 4 crew members. While all occupants survived, 21 sustained injuries.

Background

= Aircraft =

The aircraft involved was a 16-year-old Bombardier CRJ900, a regional jet. It was configured as a CRJ900LR, denoting that it was modified to operate longer-range flights as compared to the base model.{{Cite news |date=October 2009 |title=Owner's & Operator's Guide: CRJ Family |url=https://www.aircraft-commerce.com/wp-content/uploads/aircraft-commerce-docs/Aircraft%20guides/CRJ%20FAMILY%20CF34%20FAMILY/ISSUE66_CRJGUIDE.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250130045242/https://www.aircraft-commerce.com/wp-content/uploads/aircraft-commerce-docs/Aircraft%20guides/CRJ%20FAMILY%20CF34%20FAMILY/ISSUE66_CRJGUIDE.pdf |archive-date=January 30, 2025 |access-date=February 19, 2025 |work=Aircraft Commerce |issue=66}}{{Cite web |title=Airport Planning Manual |url=https://customer.aero.bombardier.com/webd/BAG/CustSite/BRAD/RACSDocument.nsf/51aae8b2b3bfdf6685256c300045ff31/ec63f8639ff3ab9d85257c1500635bd8/$FILE/ATTQF1EY.pdf/CRJ900APMR11.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220506090933/https://customer.aero.bombardier.com/webd/BAG/CustSite/BRAD/RACSDocument.nsf/51aae8b2b3bfdf6685256c300045ff31/ec63f8639ff3ab9d85257c1500635bd8/$FILE/ATTQF1EY.pdf/CRJ900APMR11.pdf |archive-date=May 6, 2022 |access-date=February 17, 2025 |website=Bombardier}}{{Cite web |title=CRJ900 Canadian Regional Jet |url=https://odin.tradoc.army.mil/WEG/Asset/20148e6a0b7b8c07b746a4f9c9869cab |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250218075253/https://odin.tradoc.army.mil/WEG/Asset/20148e6a0b7b8c07b746a4f9c9869cab |archive-date=February 18, 2025 |access-date=February 17, 2025 |website=Operational Environment Data Integration Network |publisher=United States Army}} The jet had a seating capacity of up to 76 passengers.{{Cite web |title=Bombardier CRJ-900 |url=https://www.delta.com/us/en/aircraft/bombardier/crj-900 |access-date=February 17, 2025 |website=Delta}} Manufactured in 2008, it was powered by two General Electric CF34-8C5 turbofan engines, it bore the manufacturer's serial number 15194 and was registered as {{Airreg|N|932XJ|.}}{{Cite news |last=Hradecky |first=Simon |date=February 18, 2025 |title=Accident: Endeavor CRJ9 at Toronto on Feb 17th 2025, flipped over on landing |url=https://avherald.com/h?article=52439b47 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250218182431/https://avherald.com/h?article=52439b47 |archive-date=February 18, 2025 |access-date=February 19, 2025 |work=The Aviation Herald}}

Endeavor Air operates as Delta Connection, a brand name used by Delta Air Lines for regional airline flights it sells under codeshare agreements with three partner airlines, including Endeavor Air. Endeavor is a wholly owned subsidiary of Delta.

This was the second Bombardier CRJ series hull loss in 2025, following the Potomac River mid-air collision near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in late January.{{Cite web |title=CRJ700 Statistics |url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/database/types/Bombardier-CRJ700/statistics |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250130055050/https://asn.flightsafety.org/database/types/Bombardier-CRJ700/statistics |archive-date=January 30, 2025 |access-date=February 18, 2025 |website=Aviation Safety Network}}{{Failed verification|date=April 2025}}

= Passengers and crew =

The flight had 80 people on board, 4 crew members and a full load of 76 passengers, of whom 22 were Canadian nationals.{{Cite news |last=Lang |first=Ethan |date=February 17, 2025 |title=No fatalities after plane crashes, overturns during landing at Toronto's Pearson airport |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-pearson-overturned-airplane-1.7461227 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250217214444/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-pearson-overturned-airplane-1.7461227 |archive-date=February 17, 2025 |access-date=February 18, 2025 |work=CBC News}} The crew comprised a captain, a first officer, and two flight attendants.{{Cite news |last=Yan |first=Holly |last2=Skores |first2=Alexandra |date=February 18, 2025 |title=How clever designs helped save 80 people after their plane caught fire, lost a wing and skidded down a runway upside down |url=https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/18/us/aircraft-safety-toronto-plane-crash/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250220023253/https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/18/us/aircraft-safety-toronto-plane-crash/index.html |archive-date=February 20, 2025 |access-date=February 20, 2025 |work=CNN |language=en}}

Delta said the pilots were experienced and familiar with flying in wintry conditions.{{Cite news |last=Shepardson |first=David |date=February 19, 2025 |title=Delta CEO says pilots on Toronto plane that crashed were experienced |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/delta-ceo-says-flight-crew-toronto-plane-that-crashed-was-experienced-2025-02-19/ |access-date=February 19, 2025 |work=Reuters}} In response to misinformation circulating on social media, Delta issued a statement on February 20 to clarify the pilots' backgrounds, refute claims that either pilot had failed training events, and reiterate that both crew members exceeded the minimum federal requirements for flight experience and were fully certified for their respective positions.{{Cite web |date=February 20, 2025 |title=Endeavor Flight 4819: Information about Endeavor Air 4819 flight crew |url=https://news.delta.com/notice/endeavor-flight-4819 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250220090038/https://news.delta.com/notice/endeavor-flight-4819 |archive-date=February 20, 2025 |access-date=February 20, 2025 |website=Delta News Hub}}

The captain was hired by Mesaba Airlines, a predecessor to Endeavor Air, in October 2007. Following the 2012 merger of Mesaba with Pinnacle Airlines to form Endeavor, he continued his career with the airline, serving as an active-duty captain as well as holding roles in pilot training and flight safety.{{Cite web |last=Moser |first=Riley |date=February 21, 2025 |title=Delta releases information about crew aboard flight that crashed, flipped in Toronto |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/delta-plane-crash-toronto-pilot/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250221031302/https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/delta-plane-crash-toronto-pilot/ |archive-date=February 21, 2025 |access-date=February 21, 2025 |website=CBS News}} At the time of the crash, he was the pilot monitoring. He had a total of 3,570 flight hours, including 764 on CRJ-series aircraft. However, he had primarily been instructing pilots in simulators and had logged only 3.5 hours of actual flight time in the previous 30 days.

The first officer joined Endeavor in January 2024, completed her training in April, and had been flying for the airline since. She was the pilot flying during the crash. She had accumulated 1,422 total flight hours, including 418.7 on CRJ-series aircraft.

= Weather =

At the time of the crash, blowing snow persisted following a winter storm that had passed over the region in the previous two days. Winds were coming from the west at {{Convert|51|km/h|mph kn}}, with gusts reaching up to {{Convert|64|km/h|mph kn}}, and the temperature was about {{Convert|-8.6|C}}.{{Cite web |title=Toronto Pearson International Airport CYYZ METAR |url=https://www.flightradar24.com/data/airports/yyz/weather |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250108165623/https://www.flightradar24.com/data/airports/yyz/weather |archive-date=January 8, 2025 |access-date=February 18, 2025 |website=flightradar24.com}}{{Cite news |last=Bink |first=Addy |last2=Tanner |first2=Jeremy |date=February 17, 2025 |title=Child among those hurt after Delta flight flips while landing at Toronto airport |url=https://fox4kc.com/news/national/delta-flight-crashes-at-toronto-airport-lands-upside-down/ |access-date=February 17, 2025 |work=WDAF-TV}}{{Cite news |last=Hammond |first=Elise |date=February 17, 2025 |title=Live updates: Delta Air Lines plane crashes in Toronto, Canada |url=https://edition.cnn.com/world/live-news/delta-plane-crash-toronto-flips-02-17-25/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250218042025/https://edition.cnn.com/world/live-news/delta-plane-crash-toronto-flips-02-17-25/index.html |archive-date=February 18, 2025 |access-date=February 17, 2025 |work=CNN}}

Crash

The aircraft crashed upon landing on Runway 23 in Toronto Pearson International Airport at {{nowrap|2:13 p.m. EST}} (19:13 UTC) on February 17, 2025. The T-tail and right wing separated and ignited a fire,{{Cite web |last=Kaminski-Morrow |first=David |date=February 17, 2025 |title=Delta CRJ900 comes to rest inverted after Toronto landing accident |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/safety/delta-crj900-comes-to-rest-inverted-after-toronto-landing-accident/161843.article |access-date=February 17, 2025 |website=Flight Global}} while the fuselage came to rest slightly off the right side of the runway, upside down, and facing the opposite direction from its landing.{{Cite web |date=February 17, 2025 |title=Air transportation safety investigation A25O0021 |url=https://www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/enquetes-investigations/aviation/2025/a25o0021/a25o0021.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250224104747/https://www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/enquetes-investigations/aviation/2025/a25o0021/a25o0021.html |archive-date=February 24, 2025 |access-date=February 25, 2025 |website=Transportation Safety Board of Canada}}{{Cite news |last=Tumin |first=Remy |date=February 17, 2025 |title=Delta Plane Overturns on Landing at Toronto Airport |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/world/canada/delta-toronto-plane-crash.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250217203514/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/world/canada/delta-toronto-plane-crash.html |archive-date=February 17, 2025 |access-date=February 17, 2025 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}} A passenger on the plane posted a video to social media showing the evacuation process and the overturned plane.{{Cite news |last=Cohen |first=Rebecca |date=February 17, 2025 |title=Nine people injured after Delta plane landing at Toronto airport overturns |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/multiple-people-are-injured-delta-jet-incident-toronto-pearson-airport-rcna192508 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250217205646/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/multiple-people-are-injured-delta-jet-incident-toronto-pearson-airport-rcna192508 |archive-date=February 17, 2025 |access-date=February 17, 2025 |work=NBC News}} Video taken from an aircraft awaiting takeoff showed Flight 4819 slamming into the ground as it landed, bouncing and sliding forward in a roll to the right.{{Cite web |date=February 19, 2025 |title=Video shows Toronto plane's hard landing before flipping |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250218-video-shows-toronto-plane-s-hard-landing-before-flipping |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250219225251/https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250218-video-shows-toronto-plane-s-hard-landing-before-flipping |archive-date=February 19, 2025 |access-date=February 19, 2025 |website=France 24 |agency=Agence France-Presse}} Fire crews sprayed water on the aircraft as smoke wafted from the fuselage and passengers were still evacuating.{{Cite news |date=February 17, 2025 |title=Delta plane flips upside down in Toronto crash, at least 17 injured |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250217-delta-plane-flips-upside-down-in-toronto-crash-15-wounded |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250218072601/https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250217-delta-plane-flips-upside-down-in-toronto-crash-15-wounded |archive-date=February 18, 2025 |access-date=February 18, 2025 |work=France 24 |agency=Agence France-Presse}}

Aviation safety experts said that the flight attendants and the design of the aircraft played an important role in the relative safety of the passengers in the crash. Videos shared online showed the flight attendants working to quickly evacuate everyone from the aircraft.{{Cite news |last=Ho |first=Vivian |date=February 18, 2025 |title=How did everyone survive the Delta plane crash in Toronto? |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2025/02/18/delta-toronto-plane-crash-survivors-passengers/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250218152404/https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2025/02/18/delta-toronto-plane-crash-survivors-passengers/ |archive-date=February 18, 2025 |access-date=February 18, 2025 |work=The Washington Post}}

Emergency officials reported that 21 people were injured in the crash,{{Cite news |last=Hammond |first=Elise |last2=Vera |first2=Amir |date=February 17, 2025 |title=Delta plane crashes and flips upside down at Toronto airport |url=https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/delta-plane-crash-toronto-flips-02-17-25/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250217213915/https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/delta-plane-crash-toronto-flips-02-17-25/index.html |archive-date=February 17, 2025 |access-date=February 17, 2025 |work=CNN}} suffering back sprains, head lacerations, and nausea from inhaling aviation fuel fumes.{{Cite news |last=Rose |first=Andy |last2=Harvey |first2=Lex |last3=Muntean |first3=Pete |date=February 18, 2025 |title=A Delta flight crashed and overturned while landing in Toronto. Here's what we know |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2025/02/18/us/what-we-know-delta-plane-crash-canada/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250221122642/https://edition.cnn.com/2025/02/18/us/what-we-know-delta-plane-crash-canada/index.html |archive-date=February 21, 2025 |access-date=February 19, 2025 |work=CNN}} Among them, a child and two adults, a man in his 60s and a woman in her 40s, were critically injured.{{Cite news |date=February 17, 2025 |title=One child, two adults critically injured after airplane crash at Toronto Pearson |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/local/peel/article/live-updates-one-kid-two-adults-critically-injured-after-airplane-crash-at-toronto-pearson |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250217210436/https://www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/local/peel/article/live-updates-one-kid-two-adults-critically-injured-after-airplane-crash-at-toronto-pearson/ |archive-date=February 17, 2025 |access-date=February 17, 2025 |work=CTV News}}{{Cite news |last=Yousif |first=Nadine |last2=Smith |first2=Alex |date=February 17, 2025 |title=Three critically injured after plane flips at Toronto Pearson airport |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c20g02djlv7o |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250218031133/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c20g02djlv7o |archive-date=February 18, 2025 |access-date=February 17, 2025 |work=BBC News}} Three of the injured were transported to hospitals by air ambulance.{{Cite news |last=Casey |first=Michael |last2=Wawrow |first2=John |date=February 17, 2025 |title=Delta jet flips upside down on a snowy Toronto runway and all 80 aboard survive |url=https://apnews.com/article/delta-toronto-airport-minneapolis-4ab235ef49b2d3757c9bd5fd8c6606ce |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250217221148/https://apnews.com/article/delta-toronto-airport-minneapolis-4ab235ef49b2d3757c9bd5fd8c6606ce |archive-date=February 17, 2025 |access-date=February 17, 2025 |work=AP News}} According to Delta Air Lines, all 21 injured passengers were discharged from hospitals within four days, with the last release occurring on February 20.{{Cite news |date=February 20, 2025 |title=Delta plane crash: All injured passengers released from hospital |url=https://www.fox9.com/news/delta-plane-crash-hospital-released |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250220150740/https://www.fox9.com/news/delta-plane-crash-hospital-released |archive-date=February 20, 2025 |access-date=February 20, 2025 |work=KMSP-TV}}

Aftermath

The airport halted all take-offs and landings until {{nowrap|5:00 p.m. EST}}, when the airport resumed departing and arriving traffic. Montréal–Trudeau International Airport, Ottawa Macdonald–Cartier International Airport, John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport and other airports accepted flights diverted following the incident.{{Cite news |date=February 17, 2025 |title=How Hamilton's airport assisted with diverted flights after Delta crash at Pearson |url=https://www.thespec.com/news/hamilton-region/how-hamiltons-airport-assisted-with-diverted-flights-after-delta-crash-at-pearson/article_5d6677bc-9e11-5f6c-bcdb-aa3b1fb97908.html |access-date=February 17, 2025 |work=The Hamilton Spectator}}{{Cite news |last=Eltherington |first=William |date=February 17, 2025 |title=Multiple flights diverting to Ottawa after Toronto plane crash |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/article/multiple-flights-diverting-to-ottawa-after-toronto-plane-crash |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250217223857/https://www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/article/multiple-flights-diverting-to-ottawa-after-toronto-plane-crash/ |archive-date=February 17, 2025 |access-date=February 17, 2025 |work=CTV News}} Delta Air Lines offered {{US$|30000|2025|link=yes}} in compensation to each passenger aboard the plane, adding that the offer had "no strings attached" and did not affect their future legal rights.{{Cite news |last=Blackman |first=Jay |last2=Cohen |first2=Rebecca |date=February 19, 2025 |title=Delta offering $30,000 to passengers who were on plane that crash-landed in Toronto |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/delta-offering-30000-passengers-plane-crash-landed-toronto-rcna192918 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250221195047/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/delta-offering-30000-passengers-plane-crash-landed-toronto-rcna192918 |archive-date=February 21, 2025 |access-date=February 19, 2025 |work=NBC News}}

Investigation

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) sent over 20 investigators to begin investigating the crash. To support the investigation, representatives were sent from Transport Canada, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, Endeavor Air, Delta Air Lines, and aircraft manufacturer Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation (which purchased the CRJ programme from Bombardier in 2019).{{Cite news |date=February 20, 2025 |title=Delta offers $30,000 each to Toronto plane crash passengers |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250220-delta-offers-30-000-each-to-toronto-plane-crash-passengers |access-date=February 20, 2025 |work=France 24}} On February 18, investigators said they had retrieved the cockpit voice recorder and the flight data recorder (also known as the "black boxes") and sent them to a TSB laboratory for further analysis.{{Cite news |last=McGillivray |first=Kate |date=February 18, 2025 |title=Investigators retrieve cockpit voice, flight data recorders from crashed Delta plane |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/pearson-update-crash-1.7461708 |access-date=February 18, 2025 |work=CBC News}} Two of the airport's runways were closed to allow investigators to examine the wreckage and the runway.{{Cite news |date=February 18, 2025 |title=All passengers survive crash landing as plane flips at Toronto airport |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c20g02djlv7o |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250218031133/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c20g02djlv7o |archive-date=February 18, 2025 |access-date=February 18, 2025 |work=BBC}}

On March 20, the TSB released its preliminary report. They found that 2.6 seconds before touchdown, the aircraft's rapid descent triggered the enhanced ground proximity warning system, which sounded a "sink rate" alert in the cockpit. Just before touchdown, the plane's airspeed was {{Convert|136|kn}} and descending at {{Convert|1100|ft/min}}. This was slower than the recommended landing speed (V_Ref) of {{Convert|144|kn}}, and the rate of descent exceeded the landing gear's designed limit for absorbing impact, which is {{Convert|720|ft/min}}.{{Cite report |url=https://www.tsb.gc.ca/sites/default/files/2025-03/A25O0021-Preliminary-Report-ENG.pdf |title=Air Transportation Safety Investigation A25O0021: Preliminary Report |last= |date=March 20, 2025 |publisher=Transportation Safety Board of Canada |isbn=978-0-660-76441-2 |id=Cat. No. TU3-10/1-25-0021E-PDF |access-date=March 20, 2025 |archive-date=March 22, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250322211127/https://www.tsb.gc.ca/sites/default/files/2025-03/A25O0021-Preliminary-Report-ENG.pdf |url-status=live }} The weather at the time of the landing included gusty wind conditions. In such a situation, the pilot must keep a speed higher than the normal landing speed and carefully adjust engine power and plane attitude whenever a gust occurs.David Schaper, NPR: [https://www.npr.org/2025/03/20/nx-s1-5334692/delta-plane-crash-investigation-toronto "Investigators say a Delta jet descended too quickly before Toronto crash last month"] 20 Mar. 2025, retrieved Mar. 22, 2025{{failed verification | date = April 2025 | reason = NPR report does not contain any recommendations for landing in windy conditions}}

As the aircraft's right main landing gear made contact with the runway, a part fractured, which caused the gear to collapse. After the collapse, the wing broke off from the fuselage. The detachment of the wing caused jet fuel to spill from the wing tank, which ignited and caught fire. The TSB cautioned that the exact sequence of events is still under investigation.{{Cite news |last=Raveendran |first=Rochelle |date=March 20, 2025 |title=Delta plane that crashed at Pearson airport was travelling at high rate of descent, prelim report suggests |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/preliminary-report-released-delta-air-lines-crash-1.7488494 |access-date=March 20, 2025 |work=CBC News |archive-date=March 20, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250320145117/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/preliminary-report-released-delta-air-lines-crash-1.7488494 |url-status=live }}

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External links

[https://www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/enquetes-investigations/aviation/2025/a25o0021/a25o0021.html Air transportation safety investigation A25O0021] – Transportation Safety Board of Canada