The Delta Airlines pushed back against online rumors and “misleading assurances” about the crew on the 4819 flight, run by Endeavor Air, which, which is It was destroyed during the landing At Toronto Pearson Airport on Monday.
The airline said that the flight commander was appointed in October 2007 by the Missaba Air lines and worked as a leader in active service and in training and experimental safety capabilities. The Mesaba Airlines lines were combined with Pinnacle Airlines in 2012, creating Air Endeavor.
“The assurances that the training events have failed are wrong. Againing assurances that he failed to flow into a pilot position in Delta Airlines The airline said in a statement on Thursday.
Endaavor Air rented the first officer in January 2024, and was flying with the airline since she completed her training in April. According to Delta, the time of the flight experience exceeded minimum federal requirements. The airline also said that “the assurances have failed in the wrong training events.”
Toronto crash line: a Delta flight from Minneapolis flip up upside down while trying to land
A flight plane crashed from Minneapolis to Toronto at Pearson Airport in Toronto on February 17, 2025. (Teresa Barberi/Canadian Press via AP)
Delta also said that both the captain and the first officer are “qualified and FAA are approved for their positions.”
On Monday, while landing at Toronto Pearson airport, the flight stormed 4819 fire before turning upside down. Pictures of the debris that showed the plane lying a viral abdomen.
No death was reported, however 21 people were injured. According to Delta, the last of the injured passengers were released from the hospital on Thursday.
Ed Bastian, CEO of Delta, said in a statement, “The families of Delta and Endeavor are grateful because all the injured have been released from the hospital, and we extend our thanks to all those who sponsored them during the past few days,” said Ed Bastian, CEO of Delta in a statement.
A Delta Air Lines plane is upside down on the airport runway at Toronto Pearson International Airport on Monday, February 17, 2025. (Teresa Barberi/Canadian Press via AP)
Delta is paying the victims amid the investigation of the plane that turned upside down
Delta announced on Wednesday that it will provide $ 30,000 for each of the victims on board Flight 4819Including 76 passengers and four members of the crew.
“There are no continuous chains,” airline spokesman told Fox Business, which means that the payments.
The respondents are working in emergency situations around a plane on a runway after a plane crash at Toronto Pearson International Airport on February 17, 2025. (Reuters/Cole Borson)
After the collapse, Bastian said in an interview with “Sabs CBS” that despite the assurances of critics, Trump administration budget discounts had no negative impact on flight safety.
“I understand that the discounts at this time are something that raises questions, but the reality is that there are more than 50,000 people working in the Federal Aviation Administration. The wounds, as I understood, were 300 people, and they were in non -critical safety functions. Bastian said.
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This report, Andrea Margolis, Crystin Parks and Julia Bonavita, contributed to this report.
