A Delta Air Lines aircraft, carrying 80 individuals, met a harrowing fate last month in Toronto when it crashed after a rapid descent. According to a preliminary report from the Transportation Safety Board of Canada, the plane was descending at an alarming rate right before touchdown.
The flight, operated by Endeavor Air, was dropping at a shocking 1,100 feet per minute — nearly double the threshold of 600 feet per minute that qualifies as a “hard landing.” Just before impact, alarms signaled the aircraft's excessive descent.
Upon landing, a component attached to the right landing gear failed, causing the jet to roll and eventually collide with the ground in a fiery explosion, resulting in its upside-down position.
Jeff Guzzetti, a former accident investigator for the FAA, suggested that the extreme descent might have exceeded the aircraft's design stress limits. Luckily, all passengers, including 76 travelers and four crew members, evacuated without harm before an explosion occurred near the left wing.
