This is the economic incentive Delta has offered the passengers of the flight that crashed in Toronto
Passengers on Delta flight 4819 that crash landed in Toronto are being offered $30,000 by the airline as gesture of goodwill with no strings attached.
The passengers on Delta flight 4819 from Minneapolis to Toronto had a harrowing experience as their plane came in for a landing on the afternoon of Monday, 17 February. The regional flight operated by Delta Air Lines subsidiary Endeavour arrived at Pearson International Airport amidst high wind gusts.
When it touched down, video shows that it appeared to hit the tarmac hard collapsing the landing gear causing the Bombardier CRJ-900 to skid along the runway and burst into flames. Miraculously, the plane’s wings did as they were designed to do and separated from the aircraft which allowed the plane to roll, thus preventing it from being ripped apart.
When the plane came to a stop upside down, the crew aided by passengers were able to get everyone out of the cabin as fire crews doused the wreckage to put out the fires. In the end 21 of the 80 people on board were treated for injuries at hospital, and all but one has since been released and that remaining individual being treated is expected to live.
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Delta offers $30K to passengers on Toronto plane crash, no strings attached
The Delta Care Team is offering all the passengers that were on board the flight $30,000 goodwill payments. The airline says that these payments will not impact their legal rights, including their ability to sue the carrier. “This gesture has no strings attached and does not affect rights,” a spokesperson has told passengers.
Delta is still working to get all of the affected passengers their belongings from the wreckage. “Delta teams will begin the process of reuniting customers with baggage and personal belongings as soon as possible after authorities have safely removed the items from the aircraft,” the airline said in a statement. “Securing, identifying, sorting and cleaning all belongings left onboard could take a matter of weeks before all items can be safely returned.”
As of Wednesday, the fuselage was still on the runway but Delta said in an update that crews are standing by to remove it once it is safe to do so. Both Delta and Endeavor teams are working with investigators from the Transportation Safety Board of Canada, the US National Transportation Safety Board and Federal Aviation Administration as they try to determine what was the cause of the accident.
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