Breaking ! Off-duty Delta flight attendant claims “inexperienced pilot” led to the Pearson airport February crash.

• An Endeavor Air flight attendant traveling on Flight 4819 has sued Delta Air Lines and subsidiary Endeavor, alleging incident was caused by safety negligence and an “inexperienced flight crew.”
• The Endeavor flight attendant, Vanessa Miles, filed the suit this week in Michigan federal court. She was not working on the flight, but traveling as a passenger to get in position for her next assignment.
• Delta is offered $30,000 to each passenger on the Delta CRJ900, operated by Endeavor Air, that landed upside-down at Toronto airport.
• Delta Flight 4819 which was operating flight from Minneapolis was gearing up to land in Toronto but upon landing, the plane flipped upside down as flames engulfed it on February 17.
• All 80 passengers and crew, including at least 16 Canadians – onboard the flight survived the crash.

Delta Flight 4819 crash was caused by an Underqualified flight crew being allowed to fly the plane, claims a flight attendant on board a Delta plane that crash-landed in Canada and flipped upside down, in a new lawsuit.

In the 15-page complaint (Case Number: 2:2025cv12308), filed in U.S. federal court in Michigan on 28 July, Vanessa Miles says she received serious injuries in the incident and is seeking "at least" $75 million US in damages. 

As per Miles's lawyer Madeline M. Sinkovich, Miles recounts being rendered unconscious while hanging upside down from her seatbelt after the plane came to a stop on its roof. She regained consciousness and "found herself soaked in jet fuel and surrounded by smoke."

The lawsuit claims Delta and its subsidiary, Endeavor Air, are liable for negligence after assigning an "inexperienced" pilot and failing to properly train the flight crew.

Vanessa Miles, 67, who worked for Delta's regional subsidiary Endeavor Air as a flight attendant, was traveling as a passenger on the regional aircraft to her next assignment when it crashed on February 17.

Endeavor Flight 4819, operated by a 16-year-old CRJ-900LR plane (N932XJ), crash-landed in Toronto from Minneapolis and burst into flames after flipping over and skidding on the tarmac. Dozens were hospitalized but miraculously all 76 passengers and four crew members survived the horrific crash.

When the TSB released its preliminary findings in March, it noted a high rate of descent in the flight's final seconds, as well as an unusual nose pitch. 

Now a lawsuit filed against both Delta Air Lines and Endeavor in federal court in Michigan on Monday claims the fiery crash was caused by, 'an inexperienced and inadequately trained pilot'.

Plaintiff Miles is seeking $75 million in damages for the injuries she allegedly suffered from the crash while 'deadheading,' meaning she was traveling as a passenger and not allowed to perform any work duties. The flight attendant was left unconscious and dangling upside down by her seatbelt following the crash, the filing states.

Miles accused the airlines, asserting that the, 'accident was caused, at least in part, by [the airlines] knowingly assigning an inexperienced and inadequately trained pilot to operate the flight'.

Miles alleges the airlines displayed a "disregard for passenger safety in pursuit of operational efficiency" by "assigning an inexperienced and inadequately trained pilot."

She also said that Delta and Endeavor failed to properly maintain the plane's landing gear or establish adequate emergency response procedures.

Canada's Transportation Safety Board (TSB) previously said the first officer, who completed her training 10 months before the crash, was operating the aircraft at the time, while the more experienced captain was seated next to her.

Defendant Delta Air Lines, Inc. and Endeavor Air, Inc. have not responded to Miles's allegations and her claims have not been tested in court. 

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