44 seconds of mayhem: Video of Delta plane landing reveals clues about Toronto crash
Global News
A video of 44 seconds before the crash does not appear to show the flight crew making an aviation maneuver known as a "flare" — raising the jet's nose to slow it before touch down.
The Delta Air Lines regional jet that crashed at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport on Monday appears to have suffered a right main landing gear failure during a high vertical speed approach and hard landing, a veteran pilot says.
The pilot, who has flown the CRJ aircraft across North America for years, shared their assessment with Global News after watching videos of the aircraft’s final approach prior to the crash multiple times.
Global News is not identifying them because they are not authorized to publicly comment on aviation incidents.
Of the 76 passengers and four crew members aboard, 21 people, including a child, were injured after the Bombardier CRJ-900 flipped on the tarmac after it crashed.
Videos of the final moments before the fiery crash began circulating on social media on Tuesday.
One 44 second video uploaded to YouTube shows the final approach of the Bombardier CRJ-900 that was shot from a spot on the right side of the aircraft somewhere at Pearson International Airport.
The veteran pilot said this video appears to show the flight crew executing a very hard landing for reasons that aren’t clear.
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