Published
July 15, 2026
Everyone walked away from the Delta jet that flipped over at Toronto Pearson — but many were hurt, and the injured passengers and crew are now suing. Here is what the lawsuits allege and why there is nothing to "claim" the way there is in a settlement.
Allegations Only · No Settlement Yet
This article describes individual personal-injury lawsuits and an investigation into an air crash. The statements about fault below are unproven allegations. Delta Air Lines and Endeavor Air have not been found liable, this is not a class action, there is no certified class, and there is nothing to claim. Investigation findings described here are preliminary. This page is informational and is not legal advice.
What Is This About?
On February 17, 2025, a Delta Connection regional jet crash-landed at Toronto Pearson International Airport and came to rest upside down on the runway. Remarkably, all 80 people aboard survived. Many were injured, however, and a growing number of passengers and crew members have since sued the airline. Their federal cases have been gathered before a single judge as In re: Air Crash at Toronto Pearson International Airport on February 17, 2025, MDL No. 3155, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota.The defendants are Delta Air Lines, Inc. and Endeavor Air, Inc., the wholly owned Delta subsidiary that actually operated the flight. Plaintiffs allege the carriers were negligent in how the flight was flown and landed. Those are allegations; the defendants have not been found liable, and Canada's Transportation Safety Board (TSB) has not yet issued its final report on what caused the crash. Importantly, this is not a class action — it is a set of individual injury lawsuits, so there is no class to join and nothing to file online.
Status
Lawsuits Filed — In Litigation
MDL 3155 · D. Minn. · Judge Jerry W. Blackwell · ~28 actions pending (JPML, June 1, 2026)
Who's Sued
Delta & Endeavor Air
Personal-injury claims by passengers & crew from the Feb. 17, 2025 crash-landing
Can I Claim?
No — no class, nothing to claim
Individual injury suits in an MDL, not a class action · no settlement or claim form
What Happened on Flight 4819
Flight 4819 was a scheduled international flight from Minneapolis–St. Paul to Toronto, operated with a Bombardier CRJ900 regional jet flown by Endeavor Air under the Delta Connection brand. It carried 80 people — 76 passengers and 4 crew. As the jet touched down at Toronto Pearson, it landed hard, a landing-gear component failed, and the aircraft overturned, sliding down the runway inverted before catching fire. Everyone aboard was evacuated and survived; news reports put the number of injured at 21.The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is the agency investigating the crash, with the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board participating. In a preliminary report issued in March 2025, the TSB described a high rate of descent in the final seconds before touchdown — a "sink rate" cockpit alert sounded, and the jet's descent rate at impact exceeded what the landing gear was designed to absorb, according to the board. On the one-year anniversary in February 2026, the TSB said it was still "too early" to state a cause and that its work — including a metallurgical examination of the landing gear and wing and analysis of the flight-data and cockpit-voice recorders — was ongoing. All of this is preliminary; the final report has not been released.
What the Lawsuits Allege
The passenger and crew suits are personal-injury claims. In general terms, plaintiffs allege that Delta and Endeavor Air were negligent — that the flight was operated and landed in a way that caused the hard, high-descent-rate touchdown, and that the crash and the injuries that followed were preventable. Some complaints have used stronger language, accusing the carriers of recklessness. One crew member, a flight attendant, filed a widely reported suit seeking substantial damages for injuries suffered in the crash.These are allegations that have not been tested in court. Delta has publicly contested the claims, and no court has found either carrier at fault. Because the TSB's investigation is not finished, the official cause of the crash is itself not yet established. Nothing here should be read as a finding that Delta or Endeavor Air did anything wrong — only that plaintiffs have alleged it and that a court will decide.
The Montreal Convention and Why It Matters
Because Flight 4819 was international carriage between two countries that are parties to it, passenger injury claims are generally governed by an international treaty called the Montreal Convention rather than by ordinary state negligence law alone. The treaty sets the framework for an airline's liability to passengers for death or bodily injury during international travel.Two features matter most for readers. First, the Convention makes a carrier strictly liable for a passenger's proven damages up to a set threshold, and above that threshold the carrier is liable unless it proves the injury was not due to its negligence — a structure that is generally more favorable to injured passengers than having to prove fault from scratch. Second, the Convention imposes a two-year deadline to bring a claim, measured from the date of arrival or scheduled arrival. For this crash that points to roughly February 2027. How these rules apply to any individual is a legal question for an attorney; this page does not give legal advice.
Where the Cases Stand
When lawsuits over a single event are filed in multiple federal courts, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation can consolidate them before one judge for coordinated pretrial handling. That is what happened here: in August 2025 the panel centralized the Flight 4819 cases in the District of Minnesota and assigned them to Judge Jerry W. Blackwell. The panel chose Minnesota because the flight departed Minneapolis, the flight crew is based there, and Endeavor Air is headquartered in the state.The docket has grown from the initial group of about a dozen cases; roughly 28 actions were pending in the MDL as of the JPML's June 1, 2026 report. The court has entered case-management orders and held status conferences to organize discovery. An MDL is a pretrial coordination tool, not a verdict — consolidating the cases does not decide who is right. There is no settlement, and no bellwether trial date has been confirmed.
Is This a Class Action? Can I Join or Claim?
No. Air-crash injury cases are almost never class actions, and this one is not. Each injured passenger or crew member has their own injuries, their own medical bills, and their own damages, so each person brings an individual lawsuit. The MDL simply lets those separate cases share pretrial steps like discovery before a single judge; it does not merge them into one class with a single payout.That means there is no class to "join," no settlement fund, and no online claim form connected to this litigation — and there won't be one in the way a consumer settlement has one. If you were on Flight 4819 or were otherwise harmed by the crash, the way to understand your options is to speak with an attorney of your own choosing about your specific situation and any applicable deadline. OpenClassActions.com does not represent claimants and cannot give legal advice.
Who Is Affected
The people with potential claims are those physically on the flight — the 76 passengers and 4 crew — particularly the individuals who were injured when the aircraft overturned. Family members and others may have related claims in some circumstances. Being "affected" here means having been harmed in the crash, not being eligible for any payout, because none exists at this stage.• Keep medical records, treatment bills, and documentation of any injuries and out-of-pocket costs tied to the crash.
• Be mindful of the Montreal Convention's two-year window; only a lawyer can tell you how it applies to you.
• There is nothing to file in the MDL and no settlement to claim; watch for news if the litigation is ever resolved.
For related aviation coverage, see OCA's page on the Delta refundable-ticket e-credit lawsuit and its Mass Tort Lawsuits hub. These are distinct matters and are not part of the Flight 4819 crash litigation.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is there a settlement or claim form for the Flight 4819 crash?
No. The federal cases are consolidated as MDL No. 3155 in the District of Minnesota and remain in litigation. There is no settlement and no claim form, and because this is not a class action there is nothing to submit online.Is this a class action I can join?
No. These are individual personal-injury lawsuits grouped in an MDL only to share pretrial steps. There is no class to join. An injured passenger or crew member would consult a lawyer of their own choosing about their specific case.What caused the crash?
That has not been officially determined. Canada's Transportation Safety Board is still investigating and has released only preliminary information, which described a high rate of descent at touchdown. Its final report is not yet complete, and the lawsuits' fault allegations remain unproven.Sources
• Transportation Safety Board of Canada — preliminary report on the Flight 4819 occurrence (A25O0021): TSB Preliminary Report• U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota — official MDL 3155 information page: D. Minn. Air Crash MDL Page
• Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation — transfer order creating MDL No. 3155: JPML Transfer Order
• CBC News — reporting on the Toronto Pearson crash lawsuits against Delta: CBC News
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Status
Lawsuits Filed — In Litigation (no settlement)
Case
In re: Air Crash at Toronto Pearson International Airport on February 17, 2025
MDL Number
MDL No. 3155
Court
U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota · Judge Jerry W. Blackwell
Consolidated
August 2025
Cases Pending
~28 actions (JPML, June 1, 2026)
Official Court Page
D. Minn. MDL 3155 Page
