Toronto airport was site of second ‘miracle’ crash as plane with 300 onboard slammed into runway and burst into flames
THE airport where a Delta flight touched down, flipped over, and burst into flames saw another horrific crash just two decades prior.
The Toronto Pearson International Airport is under intense scrutiny after 21 people were hurt in Monday's disturbing wreck that was caught on video.
The eerie footage captured the moment the aircraft carrying 70 people touched down on the snow-covered runway and rapidly skidded out of control.
A burst of fire exploded from the plane, and it was turned fully upside down before finally stopping.
However, no one on the flight died or suffered life-threatening injuries.
The freak accident calls to mind an eerily similar plane crash at the same airport nearly 20 years ago.
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On August 2, 2005, an Air France flight from Paris crashed at the Toronto Pearson Airport in the middle of a heavy rain and lightning storm.
The plane couldn't stop on the slippery runway in time and smashed into a ravine 200 feet off the runway before it burst into flames.
All 297 passengers and 12 crew members on the plane survived the crash.
After being evacuated from the plane, 10 passengers and two crew members suffered critical injuries.
Former Canadian Minister of Transport Jean Lapierre said the non-fatal outcome was a "miracle."
After escaping from the wreckage, one horrified passenger opened up about the fears racing through his mind during the crash.
"The most difficult [part] was in the plane was rolling," Oliver Dubois told CBC at the time.
"We thought we would die."
'PEOPLE WERE PANICKING'
A survivor of Monday's crash said the flight to Canada had gone without a hitch, but everything changed the moment they touched the runway.
"The second that the wheels hit the ground, then everything happened," Pete Koukovk, a 28-year-old professional skier from Colorado, told the New York Times.
"The next thing I know, we're sideways."
Once the plane came to a stop, Koukovk unbuckled his seatbelt and jumped to the ground as he heard people "panicking" all around.
Another passenger Peter Carlson, who was traveling to Toronto for a conference, described crashing onto the ceiling of the plane when he unlocked his seatbelt.
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