AFA-CWA Flight Attendants Save Lives on Downed Delta Flight

Earlier this week, Flight Attendants aboard Delta Endeavor Flight 4819 sprang into action, once again saving lives in their role as the first responders of the skies. The flight, scheduled to land at Toronto Pearson International Airport, made a crash landing, rolling onto its roof and bursting into flames.

In dramatic footage taken at the scene, Flight Attendants instruct passengers to drop everything and exit the plane.

AFA-CWA International President Sara Nelson spoke to CNN’s Kaitlan Collins about the heroic actions of the flight crew. “What we do know very well is that they [Flight Attendants] performed their jobs perfectly today and went through extraordinary conditions to do that. Finding that hole, getting everyone out of the plane, a burning aircraft—there’s only seconds to do that—to make sure everyone is safe. We’re incredibly proud of them, but we need to get support around them now to be able to deal with this incident and recover from it.”

General President of the International Association of Fire Fighters Edward A. Kelly said in a Facebook post, “Dozens of passengers walked away from Flight 4819 without injury thanks to the professionalism and preparation of the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l and Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA-CWA) crew. It’s a testament to their training, and it made a difference today in Toronto.”

You can watch the entire CNN interview, posted to the AFA-CWA account on Bluesky.

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This post originally appeared on cwa-union.org.