Wreckage of Air France Flight 358 at Toronto Pearson International Airport; all 309 passengers and crew survived.
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THE airport where a Delta flight flipped on its back and burst into flames saw another horrific crash just two decades prior.

The Toronto Pearson International Airport is under intense scrutiny after 21 people were hospitalized following Monday’s disturbing wreck that was caught on video.

Wreckage of Air France Flight 358 at Toronto Pearson International Airport; all 309 passengers and crew survived.

Investigators look through the wreckage of the Air France Flight 538 at Toronto Pearson International Airport on August 5, 2005Credit: AFP
A person in protective gear examines the wreckage of a burned-out airplane.

An investigator in the wreckage of the 2005 accidentCredit: AFP
Investigators examining the wreckage of a plane crash.

The Air France flight landed in a ravine near the Toronto runwayCredit: AFP

The eerie footage captured the moment the aircraft carrying 70 people touched down on the snow-covered runway and rapidly skidded out of control.

A burst of fire exploded from the plane, and it was turned fully upside down before finally stopping.

However, no one on the flight died or suffered life-threatening injuries.

The freak accident calls to mind an eerily similar plane crash at the same airport nearly 20 years ago.

On August 2, 2005, an Air France flight from Paris crashed at the Toronto Pearson Airport in the middle of a heavy rain and lightning storm.

The plane couldn’t stop on the slippery runway in time and smashed into a ravine 200 feet off the runway before it burst into flames.

All 297 passengers and 12 crew members on the plane survived the crash.

After being evacuated from the plane, 10 passengers and two crew members suffered critical injuries.

Former Canadian Minister of Transport Jean Lapierre said the non-fatal outcome was a “miracle.”

After escaping from the wreckage, one horrified passenger opened up about the fears racing through his mind during the crash.

“The most difficult [part] was in the plane was rolling,” Oliver Dubois told CBC at the time.

“We thought we would die.”

‘PEOPLE WERE PANICKING’

A survivor of Monday’s crash said the flight to Canada had gone without a hitch, but everything changed the moment they touched the runway.

“The second that the wheels hit the ground, then everything happened,” Pete Koukovk, a 28-year-old professional skier from Colorado, told the New York Times.

“The next thing I know, we’re sideways.”

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