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(NewsNation) — More than 7 twelve radical were evacuated Monday aft a Delta formation from Minneapolis to Toronto crashed and flipped over portion landing.
Flight 4819, operated by Endeavor Air, was progressive successful a "single-aircraft accident" astir 3:30 p.m. ET, Toronto Pearson Airport confirmed connected X. At the clip of the crash, upwind reports amusement Toronto experiencing 31 mph hr winds with gusts upwards of 40 mph and a somesthesia of 18 Fahrenheit with a upwind chill of minus 5 F.
But what bash we cognize astir the Canadair Regional Jet CRJ-900 involved?
Toronto accident: CRJ-900 specs
The craft has a magnitude of 36 meters (roughly 119 feet) with a wingspan of 24.9 meters (81 feet).
The trade has a scope of 1,784 miles and a cruising velocity of 515 mph, according to Delta's authoritative website for the aircraft.
How is the craft laid out?
The CRJ-900 tin spot either 70 oregon 76 people, but the layout and basal dimensions of the trade are astir identical, nary substance the capacity. There were 76 passengers connected committee Monday.
The trade has restrooms astatine the precise beforehand and backmost of the plane. In archetypal class, 1 broadside of the aisle seats 1 person, and the different has 2 — totaling 12.
The remaining passengers successful Delta+ Comfort and main compartment seats are successful pairs of 2 connected either broadside of the aisle.
The 70-seater has 4 exits successful total, portion the 76-seater has six.
The passengers and unit are each accounted for. (Pat Lauer)
A Delta level flipped implicit upon landing successful Toronto. (Pat Lauer)Prior crashes involving CRJ-900s
Aviation Safety Network's mishap catalog for the craft reports zero fatalities from much than 100 accidents since 2005.
Prior to Monday, the astir caller CRJ-900 incidental was connected Nov. 27, 2024, erstwhile a Delta formation headed from Providence-Theodore Francis Greene State Airport to Detroit-Metropolitan Wayne County Airport was forced to bash an exigency landing successful Albany, New York. No 1 was killed successful the incident.
For a afloat database of incidents involving the CRJ-900, click here.
How aged is the CRJ-900 design?
The CRJ-900 launched successful 2001, but its plan roots tin beryllium recovered successful the Canadair Challenger concern jet, the archetypal iteration of which took to the skies successful the 1970s, according to Simple Flying.
After Bombardier bought Canadair successful 1987, the institution decided to revamp earlier designs and make the Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ-100) successful 1991. Several much iterations of the trade came astir implicit the decades.
The CRJ-900 is newer — and bigger — than the CRJ-200, CRJ-550 oregon CRJ-700. It's equipped with a almighty motor and strengthened wings,
Who makes the CRJ-900?
Bombardier, a Canadian craft company, manufactures the aircraft.
Delta Air Lines' determination subsidiary Endeavor Air is the largest relation of CRJ-900s, per Simple Flying. It presently has much than 120 craft flying arsenic Delta Connection.
Other airlines, including PSA Airlines, Jazz Air, SkyWest Airlines and Mesa Airlines, besides run the CRJ-900.
NewsNation's Steph Whiteside contributed to this report.
