It is expected that all 80 passengers and crew members on a Delta Line flight from Minneapolis, which fell over after crashing at a Toronto airport, will survive.
The two passengers suddenly turned upside down, explaining what seemed like a routine descent.
Pete Koukoff
Koukov, a professional skier from Colorado, was on his way to Toronto to film a ski film. Nothing was found during the final descent, he said in an interview until the wheels hit the ground and the plane slipped to the right.
He said he saw the flames from the seat in the window on the left side of the plane as the plane hit the ground. “I buckled pretty quickly and leaned down to the floor, the ceiling,” he said. “People were in panic.”
The plane ended on the ventral side. He shared footage on Instagram the moment he and other passengers appeared on the snow-striped runway across their seats and past the emergency exit.
Pete Carlson
Paramedic Carlson was traveling to a meeting in Toronto. Passengers were told there was a strong wind, but he said the crash had rocked him from what began with the usual descent.
“You land and wait to meet your friends and people. And the next moment you’re physically upside down and you’re really turning around,” he told CBC, a Canadian public broadcaster. . “It was cement and metal.”
There was an obvious friendship in the cabin after the plane lost its wings. “Everyone on that plane suddenly got very close in terms of how to help each other, how to comfort each other. It was powerful,” he said.
He realized that the woman, who had fallen under her seat, the mother and boy sitting on the ceiling of the aircraft, were now on the floor. He didn’t know what state any of them were in, he said. “My father’s instinct and background as an emergency department kicked me out,” he said, focusing on ensuring they all got off the plane.
He said jet fuel was running through the plane’s windows.
Carlson, who has a scuff on his head, said he noticed his wings missing after leaving the plane and when he noticed he heard the sound of an explosion, he tried to move as far as possible. After placing the court on fellow passengers, he took photos on his phone and sent it to family, friends and colleagues asking about his safety.
“This is my reality right now. Living with Tarmac, it’s amazing,” he said, recounting how he felt.
A friend who traveled to the airport to pick him up found his way to the tarmac and began treating others. The injured were quickly placed on the bus and transported safely, he said.
“The most powerful part of today was just people, countries, nothing,” he said. “It was just people together and they helped each other.”
