Unverified claims surfaced that a female 26-year-old pilot was at the controls of Delta Flight which crashed in Toronto.
Claims surfaced that the flight was being piloted by a 26-year-old pilot who recently received her flying license on January 9, 2025 and was experiencing her first commercial flights.
The Delta/Endeavor plane that crashed in Canada was piloted Kendal Michelle Swanson who was an instructor pilot for a small propellor aircraft a year ago the source says.
Another source said she was still in training as of January 2025 and struggled all the way through her training but the airline kept her on.
However both he ATP and CFI certificates were issued on 1/9/25, indicating that she had a change of address and requested new certificates.
Also, she can be see on Endeavors Facebook page as part of the 2/8/24 new hire class.
Notably, Endeavour Air is yet to reveal the names of the pilots who were flying the small aircraft. Delta, meanwhile, said on Wednesday that the pilots who were flying the plane were experienced.
