A plane turned and set fire on Monday while landing at the Pearson de Toronto airport, in Canadaand was Bocarriba on the track.
It is a new fact of this type, after several reported in recent weeks.
In the spectacular accident, whose causes are investigated by the authorities, they were not reported dead, but at least 18 injured, three of them seriously, although apparently without danger for their lives.
The plane, operated by Endeavor Air – a regional airline of the Delta company – was traveling from the American city of Mineapolis and transported some eighty people, including passengers and crew.
At the time of the incident there were wind gusts but without snowfall and the temperature was -9 degrees Celsius, according to press reports, which classify “inexplicable” what happened.
At the time of landing, the aircraft overturned and crashed into the track, which caused a fire that could be extinguished by firefighters without major consequences. Meanwhile, the passengers – who had been suspended head – were evacuated quickly.
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No clear explanations
The Pearson International Airport in Toronto, the most important in Canada and one of the busiest in North America, paralyzed all its operations for a few hours. Although these were already resumed, the air terminal reported that two tracks will be closed for several days.
So far the reasons for the accident are not known and the authorities have preferred not to speculate on what happened. However, conversations of the control tower filtered to the media point out that the controllers warned the plane of possible turbulence when it came to land caused by another aircraft, refers The agency EFE.
The Spanish medium points out that weather conditions do not seem to be the causes of what happened. Although since last Thursday Toronto has suffered strong snowfalls that have caused the cancellation of numerous flights and generalized delays at Pearson airport, this Monday the weather conditions had improved, he explains.
Canadian and United States researchers work to clarify the incident, which occurred in the midst of growing concerns for the safety of flights in North America. It happened less than three weeks after a passenger plane and a military helicopter collided in the air in Washington, which caused death to more than 60 people.
The injured plane on Monday was of a model manufactured by the Canadian company Bombardier 16 years ago, a variant of the model that collided in the US capital.
