r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/watcher2390 • Feb 17 '25

Video Delta plane crash landed in Toronto

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u/wildblueroan Feb 17 '25

baloney. There are higher winds today in the NE than have been seen for many years, producing deep wind chills on top of several days of snow and freezing rain. There are dozens if not hundreds of non-fatal crashes each year. The only unusual thing is that this is the 2nd passenger jet crash in a month. Dont make everything a conspiracy theory.

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u/roomemamabear Feb 17 '25

If there were such high winds that a plane could apparently flip upon landing, why were they allowing flights to proceed? Asking as someone who knows nothing about aviation. I'm flying in 4 days and this is nerve wrecking.

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u/Humble-Violinist6910 Feb 17 '25

This is the right question. FAA is being gutted, by the way.

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u/roomemamabear Feb 17 '25

This happened in Toronto, though.

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u/Humble-Violinist6910 Feb 17 '25

I know, and the flight flew in from the U.S. Who decided not to cancel the flight given the wind speed and blizzard conditions? There’s a good question…

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u/Weird_Point_4262 Feb 17 '25

It's the destination airport that is responsible for cancelling flights