New York Post By Emily Crane
The Delta plane that crash-landed and flipped upside-down last month descended too quickly in high winds, and then the landing gear collapsed when it touched down and overturned, investigators revealed Thursday.
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada, which is still probing the cause of the Feb. 17 crash that saw 21 people hospitalized, said a safety warning system had gone off in the jet about 2.6 seconds before touchdown, indicating a “high rate of descent.”
At the time, Toronto’s Pearson Airport had been dealing with high winds and frigid temperatures in the wake of a major snowstorm.
“Given the reported wind gusts, the approach was flown at 149 knots,” but the plane’s “sink rate” was too high, according to the initial findings.
The report, which doesn’t provide a final cause for the crash, added that the jet’s right main landing gear collapsed after making contact with the runway…
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