Delta Air Lines offers passengers on a Toronto-bound flight with a crashed, $30,000 upside down.
It was not immediately clear how passengers could charge money, but if all 76 passengers feature Delta on the offer, they would have to fork over nearly $2.3 million in total.
Representatives from the Delta Care team are telling customers that the offer “is not marked with a string and does not affect their rights,” a Delta spokesperson said.
Delta flight 4819, arriving from Minneapolis at Toronto Pearson International Airport, was caught in flames when it landed on the runway around 2:15pm on Monday.
The CRJ-900 carried 76 passengers and four crew members hanging from their seat belts when the smoking plane stopped.
There were no deaths, but 21 people were injured and taken to a local hospital. Airport president and CEO Deborah Flint said none of the injured were life-threatening.
As of Wednesday morning, all but one of the injured passengers had been released from hospital, Delta said.
Weather conditions at Toronto Pearson International Airport were clear on Monday, but gusts of wind were reported up to 40 mph at the time of the collision, Flint said. Nearly two feet of rain fell on the airport until the crash, but no snow was reported on the radar during the accident.
Flint warned the speculation and refused to answer questions about the runway situation.
The cause of the crash remains unknown. The Canada Road Safety Board is currently investigating with support from the US National Road Safety Board, officials said.
