No, the Delta Air Lines plane that crashed in Toronto didn’t have an all-women crew

Without providing any evidence, President Donald Trump blamed diversity in hiring policies for the fatal airplane-helicopter January collision in Washington D.C. Weeks later, some social media users said an all-female crew caused the Feb. 17 Delta Air Lines crash in Toronto that flipped a plane on a runway.

"Delta plane that crashed in Toronto operated by Endeavor Air with all-female flight crew," a Feb. 19 Instagram post said. The post includes videos and photos of women pilots from Endeavor Air’s social media accounts.

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Delta Air Lines owns Endeavor Air, which operated Flight 4819 that crashed in Toronto. According to a Delta Air statement, the flight’s crew was not all female.

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In a Feb. 20 statement about the flight, Delta Air Lines used "he" pronouns when describing the captain and "she" pronouns while describing the first officer. As of Feb. 21, the airline has not identified any of the crew members by name.

The images in the Instagram post came from Endeavor Airlines’s social media — a 2022 TikTok post celebrating Women’s History Month and the airline’s 2022 X post with an all-women crew that said, "Buckle up, ladies and gentlemen, your flight is unmanned today. #girlpower." Although the airline has promoted its female employees, these posts are not proof that Flight 4819’s crew had no men. Other Endeavor Air TikTok and X posts have included images of men in flight crews.

We rate the claim that the "Delta plane that crashed in Toronto operated by Endeavor Air with all-female flight crew," False.