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There were no fatalities in the Air France jet crash at Toronto airport, although 43 people were injured, authorities said.
Authorities increased the toll to 43 after initially reporting 22 injuries.
Airport official Steve Shaw confirmed that no one died in Tuesday's accident, speaking to reporters shortly after an Air France A-340 jet arriving from Paris crash-landed at Toronto's Pearson International Airport during a storm.
Forty-three people were taken to area hospitals, but their injuries were minor, Shaw said.
The plane was apparently struck by lightning while braking on the runway, according to a French source close to the investigation.
Shaw added that the circumstances surrounding the crash are the subject of an ongoing Canadian-French investigation.