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Why did a plane crash in Toronto, and how did everyone survive?

A Delta Air Lines flight with 80 people crashed at Toronto Pearson Airport on February 17, 2025, flipping upside down but resulting in no fatalities and 18 minor injuries reported.
Sheldon H. Jacobson, a professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, stated that the survival of all passengers is more than a miracle, highlighting modern safety designs.
The CRJ-900 model has recorded zero fatalities in over 100 accidents since 2005, according to the Aviation Safety Network's accident catalog.
Passenger Peter Carlson described the impact as being 'smacked into a wall' and noted that everyone was upside down after the crash.

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Fox8

What’s the key to surviving a plane crash? Aviation experts explain

(AP) - After watching videos of a Delta Air Lines jet catch fire upon landing and flip over on a Toronto runway, it's fair to wonder how anyone could have survived. But aviation experts said it was not surprising that all 76 passengers and four crew walked away from Monday's disaster, with 21 people suffering minor injuries and only one still hospitalized on Wednesday. It's a credit, they said, to advances in plane design as well as a crew that …

3 days ago·Cleveland, United States

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svt Nyheter

Picture by picture: The plane crash in Toronto

A video from the plane crash in Toronto is spreading on social media. Despite the serious accident where the plane was turned upside down, no one died. – It can be seen as a miracle, says Martin Olsson, an aviation safety expert.

3 days ago·Stockholm, Sweden

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Stuff

What's the key to surviving a plane crash?

Skilled crew, strong seats and wings that detach all played a part in Toronto plane flip accident, experts say.

3 days ago·New Zealand

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Hot News

How it was possible that the plane involved in the Toronto incident capsized and all passengers on board survived - Hotnews.ro

Canadian investigators are investigating the causes of Monday's plane crash at Toronto's Pearson Airport, when a Delta Airlines plane flipped with its wheels up on landing in blizzard conditions and strong winds. ...

3 days ago·Romania

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Washington Examiner

Aviation experts credit plane safety design for zero casualties in Toronto plane crash

There were no casualties aboard the Delta flight that crashed and flipped upside down at the Toronto airport on Monday evening, which experts attribute to modern plane safety design. Investigation into the landing crash is still ongoing, but Sheldon H.…

3 days ago·Washington, United States

Questions emerge about cause of Toronto crash

TORONTO — Investigators will consider the weather conditions as well as the possibility of human error or an aircraft malfunction as they try to determine why a Delta Air Lines jet burst into flames and flipped upside down as it…

4 days ago·Omaha, United States

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