Delta Air Lines has announced it will offer $30,000 (approximately AUD $46,847) in compensation to passengers on the flight involved in the accident at Toronto airport earlier this week, where the plane crashed, flipped, and caught fire. This information was revealed by an airline spokesperson to CNN.
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02-23, 2025Delta Air Lines spokesperson Morgan Durrant stated, "Delta Care Team representatives are informing customers that this gesture comes with no strings attached and will not impact their rights." This compensation is intended to provide support to the affected passengers.
If all 76 passengers accept the compensation, the total amount will be slightly over $2.2 million (approximately AUD $3.44 million). A lawyer representing multiple passengers and their families told the BBC that the offered compensation is an "advance payment."
Vincent Genova of Rochon Genova LLP stated that the compensation is designed to help passengers cope with short-term financial challenges. However, he also pointed out that the airline may deduct this advance payment from any subsequent compensation settlements.
Delta Air Lines is continuing its efforts to identify and sort through passenger luggage retrieved from the wreckage of the aircraft. Delta Air Lines indicated that in some cases, this process may take several weeks due to the need to clean potentially hazardous liquids.
Video obtained by CNN showed the plane's rear landing gear buckling after a hard landing on the runway, with the right wing detaching in a ball of fire. Delta Air Lines stated in a statement that all 80 people on board the CRJ900 twin-engine aircraft survived, but 21 people were taken to the hospital with injuries.
According to Delta Air Lines, as of Thursday local time (late Thursday to early Friday AEST), the last hospitalized passenger had been discharged. Although the Toronto accident was not fatal, it is the latest in a series of aviation incidents in North America this year. Earlier this month, a commuter airline plane crashed in Alaska, killing 10 people.
Less than three weeks ago, an American Airlines plane collided in mid-air with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter near Washington D.C., resulting in 67 fatalities. Two days later, a medical rescue plane crashed in Philadelphia, killing all six people on board and one person on the ground.
Just yesterday, two small planes collided in Arizona, resulting in two fatalities. This series of accidents has raised alarms about aviation safety and the need for thorough investigations.
