Emergency responders work around an aircraft on a runway, after a plane crash at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Mississauga
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A plane crashed at Toronto Pearson International Airport on Monday, officials said, with CBC television reporting the plane flipped on landing.
CBC and CP24 television both reported 17 people were injured.The airport confirmed on X that an "incident" occurred with the Delta flight from Minneapolis and that 76 passengers and four crew are accounted for.
Toronto's Pearson Airport said it was aware of an incident involving a Delta Air Lines plane arriving from Minneapolis and that emergency teams were responding.
All passengers and crew were accounted for, the airport said in a statement on X.
Representatives for Delta did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
"There is a plane crash. However, we don't know the circumstances surrounding it at this point," said Constable Sarah Patten of the Peel Regional Police in Ontario.
"It is my understanding that most of the passengers are out and unharmed but we're still trying to make sure so we're still on scene investigating," Patten said.