Source: Simon Hradecky | www.avherald.com

An Endeavor Air Canadair CRJ-900 on behalf of Delta Airlines, registration N320PQ performing flight DL-4826 from Toronto,ON (Canada) to New York JFK,NY (USA) with 74 people on board, was climbing through about 11,000 feet out of Toronto’s runway 06L when the crew donned their oxygen masks and declared Mayday Mayday reporting there were sparks in the cockpit, an electrical fire. The aircraft stopped the climb at 11,000 feet and returned to Toronto, the crew advised it appeared the fire was out, the captain’s windshield heater had sparked up. The aircraft landed safely on Toronto’s runway 06L about 25 minutes after departure.

The aircraft remained on the ground in New York for about 49 hours before returning to service.