Passengers onboard the Delta jet that crashed on a runway in Toronto, flipping over and leaving them dangling upside down, have been offered $30,000 (£23,800) each by the airline.
On Monday, a flight, operated by Delta subsidiary Endeavor Air, from Minneapolis-St. Paul to Pearson Airport in Toronto crashed, skidding in flames and rolling over after it touched down.
All 80 people onboard were evacuated with no deaths and many were able to walk off unaided.
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While a number of people ended up in hospital, the crash could have been much worse.
It came after 67 people were killed on 29 January when a passenger jet in Washington DC collided mid-air with an army helicopter.
With investigations into the Toronto crash ongoing, Delta airlines confirmed to Sky News that passengers were being offered a cash lump sum.
This, a spokesperson said, had “no strings attached” and did not affect their rights.
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‘We hit the ground and we were sideways’
The cause of the crash is still unknown, but passengers onboard recounted how it happened in seconds.
Pete Koukov told Sky’s US partner network NBC News: “The wheels touched down… I was in the window seat on the lookers left side, and then all of a sudden, I just remember being fully sideways.
“I was looking down and just seeing like sparks and flames and whatever was grinding against the ground.
“It happened pretty dang quick and we were just upside down, hanging from our seat belts.”
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Mr Koukov praised the flight attendants for a “pretty organised” evacuation and said “everyone got off in a pretty orderly fashion”.
Video footage of the crash quickly circulated online.
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Another passenger, John Nelson, told CNN some people needed help freeing themselves from their seats.
“We hit the ground, and we were sideways, and then we were upside down,” he said.
He added: “I was able to just unbuckle and sort of fall and push myself to the ground. And then some people were kind of hanging and needed some help being helped down, and others were able to get down on their own.”
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Speaking to CBS News, Peter Carlson said he was worried a fire could engulf the jet.
“All the sudden everything just kind of went sideways and then next thing I know it’s kind of a blink and I’m upside down still strapped in,” he said.
Mr Carlson said he smelled aviation fuel and saw it streaming down the windows.
He said he knew he needed to get out quickly in case a fire started, but that he and another man first helped free a mother and her young son.
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Delta chief executive Ed Bastian previously said “the hearts of the entire global Delta family are with those affected.”
