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How clever designs helped save 80 people after their plane caught fire, lost a wing and skidded down a runway upside down

By Holly Yan and Alexandra Skores, CNN (CNN) — When Delta Flight 4819 from Minneapolis to Toronto landed in a fiery crash that ripped off a wing and rolled the plane upside down, panicked onlookers feared the worst. But Michael McCormick saw decades of aircraft safety improvements in action. All 80 people on board survived

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Survivors of Delta plane crash in Toronto describe ‘hanging like bats’ and chaos inside the upside-down aircraft

By Elizabeth Wolfe, Taylor Romine and Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — Stiff winds blew over Canada’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

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Emergency teams respond to Delta plane crash at Toronto Pearson Airport

By Michael Rios and Alexandra Skores, CNN (CNN) — Follow our live coverage here. A Delta Air Lines commuter plane arriving from Minneapolis has crashed at Canada’s Toronto Pearson Airport, according to the Federal Aviation Administration, with images of the incident showing the aircraft flipped upside down. “Emergency teams are responding. All passengers and crew

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