Delta Air Lines crash survivor explains harrowing moment plane flipped in dramatic scenes

A survivor from the Delta Air Lines plane crash which flipped over on the runway of Toronto's Pearson Airport has spoken out about the experience of being in the crash.

Delta Flight 4819 had taken off from Minneapolis, US yesterday (17 February) morning and was coming down to land in the Canadian airport at around 2:15pm local time when it flipped over as it landed, bursting into flames.

Air traffic control audio has been released of the moment when airport officials were told the plane was 'upside down and burning'.

As it stands all 80 people on board the plane, 76 passengers and four crew, are survivors as miraculously there have been no deaths from the plane.

There were at least 17 people injured in the crash, with some being taken to hospital for treatment, but it is possible that what could have been a disastrous tragedy may not result in loss of life.

Speaking to CBS, plane passenger Peter Carlson explained exactly what it was like to be on board the crashing plane and then make his way out of the scene of the crash.

The plane hit the runway and flipped over, there have been no fatalities reported (Katherine KY Cheng/Getty Images)

He said: "All of a sudden everything just kind of went sideways and then next things I know is kind of a blink and I'm upside down still strapped in.

"It sounded, I mean it was just cement and metal. What I saw was everyone on that plane suddenly became very close in terms of how to help one another, how to console one another.

"That was powerful, but there was a definite 'what now, who's leading, how do we find ourselves away from this?'."

Other passengers have been sharing their terrifying experience of being inside a crashing plane with Ashley Zook posting footage of what it was actually like to be on board the plane.

A survivor said that everyone helped each other disembark the crashed plane (Katherine KY Cheng/Getty Images)

An investigation into what caused the plane crash has been launched, while a number of aviation experts have already weighed in on the potential causes.

Several experts have pointed towards the weather as being a major factor in the crash.

CNN aviation analyst Peter Goelz suggested that a 'strong gust of wind' likely had something to do with the plane crashing into the ground, flipping over and then bursting into flames.

Mike McCormick, associate professor at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, explained to USA Today that planes are 'structurally' designed so the 'wings and the tail will break off and away' while passenger seats are designed to withstand '16 times the force of gravity'.