Bemidji Regional Airport announces changes to checked baggage policy

Pioneer Staff Report — Tue, 08 Apr 2025 20:35:21 GMT

BEMIDJI — Per Delta Airline's new policy, passengers must check their bags at least 45 minutes prior to departure at the Bemidji Regional Airport.

If passengers are not checking baggage, they must check in for their flight at least 30 minutes before departure time.

According to Delta's website, travelers should be at their gate and ready to board no later than 15 minutes before scheduled departure.

Passengers can check in for their flight and pay baggage fees up to 24 hours in advance at delta.com or by using the Fly Delta app, but must still check luggage at the airport counter 45 minutes prior to departure.

For more information, visit bemidjiairport.org or the Bemidji Regional Airport Facebook page.

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Delta plane from MSP flips upside down on landing at Toronto airport, injuring 18

Allison Lampert and Ryan Patrick Jones / Reuters — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 20:52:12 GMT

TORONTO — A Delta Air Lines regional jet flipped upside down upon landing at Toronto Pearson Airport on Monday amid windy weather following a snowstorm, injuring 18 of the 80 people on board, officials said.

Three people on the flight that originated at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport suffered critical injuries, among them a child, authorities added.

Delta said a CRJ900 aircraft operated by its Endeavor Air subsidiary was involved in a single-aircraft accident with 76 passengers and four crew aboard. The CRJ900, made by Canada's Bombardier, can seat up to 90 people.

Canadian authorities said they would investigate the cause of the crash, which was not yet known.

"The aircraft is upside down and burning," an emergency worker told the air traffic control tower after a controller noted that some passengers were walking near the crashed plane, according to a recording of the incident posted on liveatc.net.

One social media user posted video of the aftermath, showing a fire engine spraying water on the plane that was lying belly-up on the snow-covered tarmac.

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"We're in Toronto. We just landed. Our plane crashed. It's upside down. The fire department on site. Upside down. Everybody, most people appear to be OK. We're all getting off. Some smoke going on," Facebook user John Nelson narrated in the video.

Pearson Airport said earlier Monday it was dealing with high winds and frigid temperatures as airlines attempted to catch up with missed flights after a weekend snowstorm dumped more than 8.6 inches of snow at the airport.

Of those injured, two were airlifted to trauma centers, and a child was transported to a children's hospital, said Supervisor Lawrence Saindon of Peel Regional Paramedic Services.

All 18 of the people injured were passengers and were taken to area hospitals, Delta said in a statement.

The Toronto airport was shut down for more than two hours before departures and arrivals resumed. This led to ground delays and diversions to other airports including Montreal-Trudeau International Airport, which said it was preparing to receive several diverted flights that might cause further delays.

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) said it was deploying a team of investigators, and the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said a team of investigators would assist Canada's TSB.

Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries 7011.T, which closed a deal to buy the CRJ aircraft program from Bombardier in 2020, said it was aware of the incident and would fully cooperate with the investigation.

The crash in Canada followed other recent crashes in North America. An Army helicopter collided with a passenger jet in Washington, killing 67 people, while at least seven people died when a medical transport plane crashed in Philadelphia and 10 were killed in a passenger plane crash in Alaska.

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