CRJ9, Toronto International Canada, 2025

CRJ9, Toronto International Canada, 2025

Summary

On 17 February 2025 a Mitsubishi (formerly Bombardier) CRJ-900LR was on final approach to Toronto International and touched down at a high rate of descent on the right main landing gear, which collapsed inwards. This caused the right wing to break from the fuselage, which then rolled inverted, detaching the tailplane. The fuselage slid for some distance before stopping, complicating the evacuation. A fuel-fed fire immediately ignited around the right wing/fuselage attachment point but all 80 occupants escaped, almost all using just two exits. There were only two serious injuries and 19 minor injuries.

Description

On 17 February 2025 a Mitsubishi (formerly Bombardier) CRJ-900LR (N932XJ) operated by Delta Air Lines subsidiary Endeavor Air on a scheduled Delta Connection passenger flight from Minneapolis-Saint Paul to Toronto as DL4819 crashed following an instrument landing system (ILS) approach in day instrument meteorological conditions (IMC). The aircraft was destroyed in a landing accident by impact forces and fire. With difficulty, all 80 occupants managed to escape through useable exits in the inverted fuselage with two seriously injured and 19 sustaining minor injuries.

The aircraft wreckage with the detached wing in the background on Runway 23
[Reproduced from the Preliminary Report]

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