At least four aerial accidents have occurred in a month in North America, being the deadest the clash between a passenger plane from American Airlines and a military helicopter at Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington, followed by an accident of a small plane in Alaska .
The accident of a Delta Air Lines plane in Toronto is the fourth great aviation disaster in North America in the last month. Below is a look at each of the accidents.
Plane dump in Toronto
A Delta plane that landed Monday at the Pearson de Toronto airport from Minneapolis He turned and landed on his roofhurting at least 17 people.
The airport confirmed on Monday that an “incident” occurred with Delta's flight and that the 80 passengers and crew are fine. The Ornge Air Ambulance said it was transporting a child to Toronto Sickids Hospital and two adults with serious injuries to other hospitals in the city.
The video of the scene showed the Mitsubishi CRJ-900LR overturned on the snowfall while emergency workers washed with hoses.
According to the Canadian weather service, the airport was experiencing snowy windows and winds of about 51 km/h with bursts up to 65 km/h. The temperature was about 16.5 degrees (minus 8.6 Celsius).
Endeavor Air, based in Minneapolis, is a subsidiary of Delta and the largest Operator of CRJ-900 aircraft, a popular regional plane developed by the Canadian Aerospace Company Bombardier.
The Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement that the Canada Transport Security Board will lead the investigation and provide updates.
Plane disappears in Alaska
A passenger plane crashes in Alaska and 10 people die on boardthe small passenger plane was heading to Nome on February 6, the pilot and nine passengers died.
Cessna Caravan Monomotor Turbohélice of Bering Air was traveling from Unalakleet when it disappeared approximately one hour after taking off. The Coast Guard said the plane disappeared about 48 kilometers southeast of Nome.
After a wide search, the next day the chipped body of the plane and its remains were found in the sea ice.
On the day of the accident there was a slight snowfall and fog, with a temperature of 17 degrees (less 8.3 Celsius).
The Cercanías flight was part of a network of short flights on which people depend on the immense and rugged state to reach medical appointments, attend work meetings, buy essential supplies or even travel to sports games away from home.
Among the victims were two men who were on a work trip to repair a vital heat recovery system for the water treatment plant of a community, a retired teacher who was on a trip advising other teachers and another person flying For a medical appointment.
Ambulance plane crashes in Philadelphia
A medical transport plane with a child patient, his mother and four other people on board He crashed in a neighborhood in Philadelphia On January 31, exploiting in a fireball that wrapped several houses. The accident killed seven people, including all who were on board, and left 19 injured.
The Learjet 55 took off and then fell into a pronounced descent, crashing less than a minute after takeoff from the Northeast of Philadelphia airport. The plane crashed into the ground during a busy Friday afternoon less than 5 kilometers from the airport, leaving a shock area of at least four blocks.
Among those killed on land was a father who was inside his car when the small plane crashed.
The plane operated by Jet Rescue Air Ambulance was heading to Mexico to return to the child, which had spent months in treatment at the Shriners Children's hospital in Philadelphia.
Jet Rescue is based in Mexico and has operations both there and in the United States.
Accident in Washington
The collision in the air between an army helicopter and an American Airlines flight that was about to land at Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington on January 29 killed at 67 people aboard the two aircraft. It was the most deadly aviation disaster in the country since 2001.
The regional plane that departed from Wichita, Kansas, transported 60 passengers and four crew members and prepared to land when the helicopter apparently crossed in its trajectory, causing a collision that sent both aircraft to the frost waters of the Potomac River.
The UH-60 Black Hawk, based on Fort Belvoir, Virginia, was in a training exercise and transported three soldiers.
Among the dead were members of the Boston skating club that returned from a development camp that followed the 2025 artistic skating championship in Wichita.
Among the victims there were also a group of hunters returning from a guided trip in Kansas, four members of a local steam installers union in a suburb of Maryland, nine students and parents of Fairfax County schools, Virginia, and two citizens Chinese.