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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Simon Calder

Simon Calder explains all you need to know after Delta Air Lines plane crash

The Independent’s Travel Correspondent Simon Calder explains all you need to know after the Delta Air Lines plane crash.

The aircraft, with 80 people on board,  overturned when it crash-landed at Toronto Pearson Airport on Monday (17 February), injuring more than a dozen passengers, including a child.

All individuals were evacuated after the incident occurred around 2:45pm. local time.

This year has seen several fatal plane crashes.

Sixty-seven people were killed when a US Army Black Hawk helicopter operated by three soldiers collided with American Eagle Flight 5342 as it descended into Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Virginia on 29 January.

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