Stiff winds blew over Canada맥스카지노�s Toronto Pearson Airport Monday afternoon as a slim aircraft, cleared by air traffic controllers to land, and its 80 passengers and crew approached the tarmac as snow whipped in the air. But within moments, the plane crashed into the runway, sending fire crews scrambling to extinguish the rising flames around the overturned jet.All on board the Delta flight from Minneapolis survived the crash, but it is still unclear how the aircraft was upended, leaving it belly-up, streaked with black residue and much of a wing gone. Inside, seat-belted passengers were suspended from their seats.Initial reports indicate that there are no fatalities, Delta said in a statement Monday evening. Both the airline and Toronto Airport Fire Chief Todd Aitken noted 18 people were injured in the crash and have been transported to area hospitals.A child was among the injured but is in good condition, the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto said.Peel Regional Paramedic Services, which operates where the airport is located, provided a lower figure of 15 passengers hurt, according to CBC.CNN has reached out to Peel Paramedics and Delta Air Lines for clarity.맥스카지노�We are very grateful there was no loss of life and relatively minor injuries,맥스카지노� Deborah Flint, CEO of the Greater Toronto Airports Authority, told reporters.The harrowing incident briefly halted traffic at Canada맥스카지노�s busiest airport and is certain to raise questions amid heightened flight safety concerns in the U.S. The crash is the fourth major aviation accident in North America in the past month and comes three weeks after an American Airlines plane collided midair with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter in Washington, D.C., killing all 67 people aboard.In Toronto, passengers evacuated the upside-down CRJ900 aircraft as first responders doused its fuselage with foamy fire retardant. Evacuees jumped several feet from the plane맥스카지노�s exit doors and stumbled across the slick tarmac clutching jackets and small carry-on bags.Endeavor Air, a regional airline for Delta, operated the flight.Canadian and American investigators will now work to determine what upended the plane. Here맥스카지노�s what we know about the moments leading up to and following the collision, pieced together by flight and weather data, video footage and witness accounts.맥스카지노�The aircraft is upside down and burning맥스카지노�Delta Flight 4819 departed Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport on Monday and approached its destination at Toronto Pearson International Airport shortly after 2 p.m. local time, the airline said.Strong winds had been buffeting Toronto all day, and airport personnel had worked through the night to clear remnants of the approximately 8 inches of snow that blanketed the airport over the weekend.As the plane neared the airport, air traffic controllers notified its pilots of about 38 mph wind gusts. 맥스카지노�Might be a slight bump in the glide path,맥스카지노� the air traffic worker said. 맥스카지노�There will be an aircraft in front of you.맥스카지노�Within two minutes, the plane had flipped. Fire erupted as the aircraft tumbled, and the plane slammed into the runway, spitting out a huge fireball and leaving passengers hung aloft in their seats, according to passengers John Nelson and Peter Koukov.Koukov said he 맥스카지노�didn맥스카지노�t know anything was the matter맥스카지노� until the plane hit the ground and felt like it had turned sideways, he said on CNN.맥스카지노�When we got finished, I was upside down, everybody else was there as well,맥스카지노� Nelson said. 맥스카지노�We tried to get out of there as quickly as possible.맥스카지노� He added that once he was out of the plane, there was another explosion but 맥스카지노�luckily the firefighters got out of there.맥스카지노�A medical helicopter flying nearby rerouted its path to assist with the crash. As the helicopter pilots approached, air traffic control workers warned them that people were out and walking around the aircraft, according to LiveATC audio.맥스카지노�Yeah, we맥스카지노�ve got it. The aircraft is upside down and burning,맥스카지노� the helicopter pilot responded.맥스카지노�We were 맥스카지노� hanging like bats맥스카지노�Fire engines raced onto the tarmac and began spraying thick sheets of white fire retardant over the aircraft맥스카지노�s battered fuselage. It맥스카지노�s unclear where the fire originated, but video shows the plane맥스카지노�s fiberglass frame had melted around the engine and thick black streaks stained its side.After the aircraft came to a standstill, 맥스카지노�we were upside down hanging like bats,맥스카지노� Koukov said. He was able to unbuckle himself and stand upright on the ceiling of the plane, but some people needed help getting down from their seats.Nelson said the scene was chaotic as he and his seatmate released themselves from their belts and fell to the floor. People were yelling for them to get out of the plane, and they made a beeline towards an opening, he said.Peter Carlson, another passenger on the Delta flight, told CBC that 맥스카지노�it was cement and metal맥스카지노� in the upside-down plane. 맥스카지노�The absolute initial feeling is just need to get out of this.맥스카지노�맥스카지노�What I saw was everyone on that plane suddenly became very close, in terms of how to help one another, how to console one another,맥스카지노� Carlson told CBC.맥스카지노�That was powerful, but there was definite: 맥스카지노�What now? Who is leading? How do we find ourselves away from this?맥스카지노� he added.Flight attendants helped passengers crawl out of open exit doors, urging people to leave belongings behind, though some still exited with bags in tow, video from Koukov shows.Evacuees jumped from the door frames onto the snow-covered ground as sprays of fire retardant rained overhead. People hugged themselves as protection from the wind as they moved away from the plane, looking back at what they just endured.While some people were injured, most seemed OK, Nelson said. But he was left stressed and shaky following the few seconds it took for the plane to turn over.Canada맥스카지노�s busiest airport grinds to a haltThe crash prompted Toronto Pearson International to temporarily shut down all five of its runways Monday afternoon, causing delays at the country맥스카지노�s busiest airport and forcing several flights to divert to nearby airports.Passengers who weren맥스카지노�t on the plane but at the airport before flights were canceled Monday described the accident and subsequent havoc at Pearson as 맥스카지노�messed up,맥스카지노� saying that it is 맥스카지노�going to take weeks맥스카지노� for the airport to recover, according to CBC.맥스카지노�Have you seen luggage in Terminal 1 and Terminal 4? There is luggage everywhere,맥스카지노� Barb Fraser, a passenger who was supposed to head home to Vancouver, told the Canadian outlet.More than 200 flights were canceled out of the airport by 4:15 local time, according to FlightRadar24. About 300 miles to the east, Quebec맥스카지노�s Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport prepared to receive diversion flights.At around 5 p.m. local time, Toronto Pearson announced three of its runways would reopen to arriving and departing flights. The remaining two runways where the crash took place will stay closed for several days as investigators analyze the scene, Flint said.The last major aviation accident at the Toronto airport was nearly two decades ago, on August 2, 2005, according to the Associated Press, when an inbound Air France flight from Paris slid off the runway and burst into flames. All 309 people on board survived.