Passengers who miraculously survived the upside-down crash of a Delta Air Lines flight at Toronto Pearson International Airport shared their amazement after they scrambled to safety onto the runway.
One passenger even managed to record herself upside-down — belted into an airline seat before she fled the wreckage.
John Nelson, a passenger on the flight, posted a video on Facebook as he and the other passengers stumbled out of the wreckage.
“We just landed. Our plane crashed. It’s upside-down,” Nelson narrated while trying to catch his breath as emergency responders doused the plane.
Ashley Zook, another passenger aboard, posted several videos on Snapchat — including one while still strapped into her seat after the plane had flipped.
“I was just in a plane crash. Oh my God!” Ashley said, her voice still shaky as she look over at the demolished plane in shock.
The flight from Minneapolis to Toronto landed upside-down about 2:15 p.m. Monday — with most of the 80 passengers and crew members able to scramble to safety on the tarmac.
Eighteen people were hurt, including a child and two adults who were critically injured.
While landing, images show smoke rising from the burned plane as stunned passengers scrambled out.
One wing of the plane was in tatters following the crash and part of the back tail was lopped off.
North Carolina native Ian Crowder shared photos of the crash on Facebook and attributed their safety to divine intervention.
“We’re believing God for a full recovery. Never have we heard of a plane crashing upside down but I thank him for his power preventing additional mourning in our aviation family this week Please continue to pray for me as I fly for the next 9 days straight,” Crowder wrote.
All 80 passengers and crew members were evacuated from the smoldering plane.
The crash followed a heavy winter storm in Toronto that left almost nine inches of snow on the ground. Video footage showed responding emergency personnel wading through inches of snow on the area surrounding the runway as they rushed to the toppled plane.
