In the subfreezing night. Ground crews maneuver cranes to lift the inverted wreckage of Delta Flight 4319 off Runway 23 at Pearson International Airport. The hull was still encrusted with fire-suppressant foam.
Early diagnosis: Runway was plowed, no cross-winds
TORONTO, Canada – Crews removed the hull of the Delta plane from where it crashed and flipped on a runway on Monday. The hull was hoisted and trucked to a vacant hangar to be reconstructed. So too was any and all debris, including the broken-off wings and tail fin. A flight data recorder, known in aviation circles as the “black box,” was retrieved intact, said investigator Ken Webster of the Transportation Safety Board of Canada. Webster said it was too early to come to conclusions about the crash. He noted, however, that the runway was dry with no cross-winds.