A preliminary report released Thursday shows that the Delta plane, which turned upside down and burned in Toronto last month, had landing gear issues, and crashed at just a few seconds of speed that fell, upside down.
Canada's Road Safety Board said it is still investigating the cause of the crash on February 17, when 21 people were hospitalized, and said the safety warning system disappeared on the jet about 2.6 seconds before the touchdown.
The report that does not provide the final cause of the crash added that the jet's right main landing device collapsed after contacting the runway.
“At the touchdown, the following happened: the side stay attached to the right [main landing gear] Destroyed, the landing gear folded into a contracted position, the roots of the wings were destroyed between the fuselage and landing gear, and the wings were separated from the fuselage, releasing a cloud of jet fuel that caused the fire,” the report states.
“The exact sequence of these events should still be determined by further investigation of the fracture surface.”
Despite dozens of injured passengers, one of the 80 people on board survived when Delta Flight 4819 rocked angry at Toronto's Pearson Airport.
Aftermath footage shows a plane along the way from Minneapolis, upside down in the middle of a snowy runway with no more right wings.
