There is so much speculation regarding the weather conditions present for the Delta/Endeavor Airlines crash in Toronto, I would like to provide some perspective.  Please take a look at this from earlier this morning: I don't care about the sex of the pilots, I care about their qualifications and abilities.  Ever since the crash, there has been speculation as to the role of wind or crosswinds -- if any -- and the accident. That's why I posted the wind data (below) in my initial report, here .  The three above reports are aviation weather observations called METAR's. While it was a little less at the time the special METAR was taken because of the accident (middle report), there were peak gusts of 37 knots = 42 mph before and after. Some have called these "40 mph" or "extreme" crosswinds (the latter comment from the airport director). Not exactly.  Below is the runway diagram (red) of Toronto - Pearson Airport.  The plane was landing to the southwest (runw...

"Delta Air Lines CRJ900 crash landed at Toronto Pearson Airport on Monday.  The flight, from Minneapolis-St. Paul, was listed as Endeavor 4819, a CRJ-900 (N932XJ). It appears to have landed upside down." Endeavor is a regional airline that paints its jets in Delta livery. It is the same situation as the American Eagle that crashed in Washington on January 29. The plane was painted in American Airlines livery but it was operated by PSA Airlines.  Update: "All passengers and crew have been accounted for." Reportedly, eight 15 are injured. News media reporting that three injuries are critical. Update: What it looked like escaping from the inside of the plane.   Winds were gusting to 37 mph from the west, the temperature was 18°F. There is a ridiculous speculation on one of the news networks the wind was gusting to 70 mph. The info I reported was from the official weather observation taken because of the crash. See below for the official Toronto-Pearson "METAR,...