A landing gear support broke as a Delta Air Lines regional jet was landing before it flipped upside down, leaving passengers “hanging like bats” at Toronto Pearson International in February, according to a preliminary report from Canada’s Transportation Safety Board.

Delta Flight 4819 was descending at a rapid rate before crash-landing at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport on Feb. 17, which ultimately resulted in the aircraft flipping over, according to a pre

TORONTO (AP) — The alert system on a Delta Air Lines jet that flipped upside down and burst into flames as it tried to land in Toronto last month indicated a high rate of descent less than three seconds before touchdown, a preliminary report said Thursday.