Digging into aviation safety in the wake of Monday’s crash landing in Toronto

A plane is silhouetted as it takes off. May 13, 2019.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

By Analysis by The Big Story podcast

Posted Feb 19, 2025 07:14:16 AM.

Last Updated Feb 19, 2025 08:13:02 AM.

In today’s The Big Story podcast, it’s been an unusually bad start to 2025 for air travel accidents.

Monday’s crash at Pearson International Airport that saw a Delta airlines flight come to rest upside down has a lot of people wondering: is commercial air travel safe?

Host David Smith gets answers from aviation expert John Gradek with McGill University.

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