The crash of a Delta Air Lines aircraft, while Toronto's Pearson International Airport grapples with crippling snowstorms, resulted in severe travel disruptions, with hundreds of flights canceled or delayed as operations momentarily ceased on Monday.
Delta Air Lines Jet Crash Hinders Recovery Efforts at Snow-Stricken Toronto Airport
Delta Air Lines Jet Crash Hinders Recovery Efforts at Snow-Stricken Toronto Airport
A Delta Airlines accident amidst severe winter weather triggers further chaos at Toronto Pearson International Airport, leaving hundreds of flights grounded or delayed.
The crash of a Delta Air Lines plane on Monday afternoon intensified the travel chaos already gripping Toronto Pearson International Airport, which was struggling to manage significant flight delays and cancellations due to consecutive snowstorms.
On Monday night, the number of canceled flights at Pearson soared to nearly 400, with an additional 300 flights experiencing significant delays, as reported by FlightAware, an aviation tracking platform. Following the incident, operations at the airport were halted for over two hours after the aircraft flipped over upon landing. While operations resumed around 5 PM, two out of the airport's five runways remained inoperable.
Toronto Pearson had anticipated Monday to be a busy travel day as airlines sought to compensate for a snowstorm over the weekend that deposited more than eight inches of snow. On Sunday alone, over 300 flights were canceled, with more than 500 experiencing delays, further complicated by another snowstorm the previous week that blanketed the airport with more snow in a single day than recorded for the entire month of January.
The airport has reported that its maintenance teams have been working tirelessly around the clock to clear snow from an area exceeding 1,200 acres to facilitate the landing and take-off of aircraft.
