Fast descent warning triggered on Delta jet that went belly-up on landing in Toronto

(Reuters) - A information informing strategy went disconnected successful a Delta Air Lines determination pitchy earlier it landed and flipped belly-up astatine Canada's largest airdrome successful February, indicating a accelerated complaint of descent, the country's Transportation Safety Board (TSB) said connected Thursday successful a preliminary study connected the accident.

Despite astir 2 twelve injured passengers, nary of the 80 radical died connected committee formation DL4819, a CRJ900 pitchy operated by Delta's Endeavor Air subsidiary from Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.

Video capturing the level turning implicit aft landing and missing its close helping astatine Canada's largest airdrome had circulated wide connected societal media. Several caller high-profile aerial crashes person been cited by immoderate U.S. hose CEOs arsenic contributing factors to dampening home question demand.

"Some passengers had trouble releasing the buckles connected their information belts owed to being inverted," the study said. "Some of the injuries sustained by the passengers occurred erstwhile they unbuckled their information belts and fell to the ceiling. The TSB is not alert of immoderate information loop oregon spot failures occurring during the accident."

The TSB's preliminary study into the February 17 incidental astatine Toronto's Pearson Airport besides provided details connected the acquisition of unit members. The jet's skipper had worked for Endeavor Air since 2007 and had 3,570 hours of full formation clip portion the archetypal serviceman had had 1,422 hours of full formation time.

(Reporting By Allison Lampert, David Shepardson and Rajesh Kumar Singh; Editing by Nick Zieminski)