Crosswinds May Have Challenged Pilots in Pearson Plane Crash, Expert Says

Crosswinds May Have Challenged Pilots in Pearson Plane Crash, Expert Says
An aircraft from Delta Air Lines sits upside down on the tarmac at Toronto Pearson International Airport on Feb. 17, 2024. The Canadian Press/Teresa Barbieri
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An aviation expert with more than 30,000 flight hours says it is “very rare” for an aircraft to end up upside down in a crash, as was the case with a Delta Air Lines plane that flipped on the tarmac at Toronto’s Pearson Airport Monday.

J. Joseph, a 29-year veteran aviator in the United States Marine Corp., says it is much too early in the investigation to jump to conclusions about what happened, but conditions in Toronto were “quite windy” at the time of the crash.