Pearson airport president 'won't speculate' on cause of Monday's plane crash
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The president and CEO of Toronto's Pearson International Airport says investigators are on site following a plane crash this week that sent multiple people to hospital.
Deborah Flint spoke to reporters at a Tuesday afternoon news conference alongside emergency responders.
On Monday afternoon, a Delta Air Lines plane crashed and flipped on the airport's runway.
Flint said that on Monday night, seven members of the Transportation Safety Board arrived at the airport to begin examining what happened, with 13 more arriving on Tuesday. They are being joined by teams from Delta and Mitsubishi, the company that built the plane, she added.
Flint also said she would "not speculate" on the cause of the crash with the investigation underway.
Flint confirmed that 21 people were hospitalized for injuries in the wake of the crash, adding that 19 of those people have since been released, with two remaining in hospital.
According to Cory Tkatch with Peel Regional Paramedic Services, "staff were faced with a multitude of injuries," when they arrived at the scene Monday.
Tkatch said the most common injuries were back sprains, head injuries, nausea and vomiting.
As a result of the crash, Flint said, 462 flights were cancelled on Monday.
"We have been in recovery mode since resuming flights at 5 p.m. yesterday," she said.
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