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Daily Mail
18-07-2025
- Daily Mail
BREAKING NEWS Delta flight sparks travel chaos and a ground stop after landing at JFK
A Delta flight caused travel chaos at New York City 's John F. Kennedy Airport on Friday afternoon. The incoming flight from Rome triggered a ground stop and closed runways after landing with faulty hydraulics, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. 'Delta Air Lines Flight 183 landed safely at John F. Kennedy International Airport around 1.30pm local time on Friday, July 18, after the crew reported a hydraulic issue,' the FAA said. Flight crew on the Airbus A330-300 with 266 customers onboard reported a hydraulic system issue, a Delta spokesperson told The crew declared an emergency to receive priority handling from Air Traffic Control and landed safely. The runway was temporarily closed during the incident, and passengers were able to disembark from the plane, according to CBS News New York. The aircraft was towed to its arrival gate where customers deplaned and is being evaluated by maintenance teams. 'Nothing is more important than the safety of our customers and people, and that's why our flight crew and JFK team followed standard procedures to bring this aircraft safely to its arrival gate,' a Delta spokesperson said. The Port Authority told the local news station that there was 'minimal impact' on overall airport activity, and the ground stop was lifted around 2.30pm. 'Operations are normal after the FAA briefly slowed arrivals and departures at the airport because the aircraft was disabled on the runway,' the FAA said. This is a developing story.
Yahoo
09-07-2025
- Yahoo
Delta passengers were stranded on a tiny island in the middle of the Atlantic for 29 hours after midair engine trouble
A Delta flight diverted to a mid-Atlantic island after an indication of an engine problem. Passengers were stuck on Terceira, part of the Portuguese island chain, the Azores for more than a day. The airline sent another A330 from New York to pick up the passengers. Delta Air Lines had to send a plane to rescue passengers after their flight diverted to a small island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Flight 127 departed Madrid around 1 p.m. local time on Sunday and was supposed to land in New York seven hours later. However, data from Flightradar24 shows how four hours into the journey, the Airbus A330 turned around over the ocean. Roughly an hour later, it landed at Lajes Airport on the Portuguese island of Terceira. It's part of the Azores, a remote archipelago that's nearly 1,000 miles away from the country's mainland. The airport shares its runway with a military base, and only serves about a dozen destinations commercially. "As safety comes before all else at Delta, the flight crew followed procedures to divert to Lajes, Azores, after indication of a mechanical issue with an engine," said an airline spokesperson. The 21-year-old A330, registered as N805NW, is still parked at the airport as of Wednesday. To get the passengers back on their way, Delta had to send another plane from New York. About five hours after Flight 127 landed in the Azores, flight-tracking data shows another A330 left JFK Airport. It arrived at Lajes shortly after 2 a.m. local time, before leaving around 9 p.m. on Monday. Flight 9927 then landed in New York at 10:22 p.m. ET — roughly 31 hours after passengers expected to touch down on US soil. "We sincerely apologize to our customers for their experience and delay in their travels," the Delta spokesperson said. While it isn't clear how many people were on board, a Delta A330-300 can carry up to 282 passengers. This isn't the first time a Delta plane has been forced to divert to Lajes Airport. In 2023, a flight from Ghana landed there due to a "mechanical issue with a backup oxygen system." In that incident, passengers spent 12 hours on the island and some complained about a lack of communication from Delta before another plane arrived to take them on to New York. Airlines typically try to divert flights back to their origins or hub airports when possible, because this makes it easier to reroute passengers and repair any problems with the aircraft. However, in cases like these, concerns about safety can require landing at the closest available airport. In a similar case last year, Air France had to cancel a flight so the plane could be used to rescue passengers who were diverted to a remote town in the northern Canadian territory of Nunavut. Read the original article on Business Insider
The Independent
28-05-2025
- General
- The Independent
Pigeon pair causes chaos on board Delta flight
Two pigeons caused chaos on a Delta flight from Minneapolis to Wisconsin on Saturday, May 24th, 2025. Passenger Tom Caw recalled boarding his flight when the pilot announced that there was a bird on the plane, telling passengers he "had no experience with this situation". Eventually, baggage handlers successfully captured the bird and carried it off the plane. However, a second pigeon was discovered as the plane began moving down the runway. In footage taken by Caw, another passenger attempts to capture the second pigeon in his jacket. "Pilot said when he radioed the control tower about us coming back due to a pigeon, the guy said that was a first for him," Caw said in a post on social media.
Daily Mail
27-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Chaos as two pigeons board Delta flight as passengers scramble to catch them
A pair of pigeons appeared to want to go for a joyride after they flew onboard a Delta flight, leaving passengers scrambling to capture them. The chaotic moment took place Saturday night while passengers on flight 2348 boarded the aircraft in Minneapolis, Minnesota bound for Wisconsin. The clip, captured by passenger Tom Caw, showed the bizarre incident unfold right before his eyes. The dark plane, lit up with blue lights, appeared to be completely full as a man stood in the aisle just before one of the rogue birds charged down the middle of the plane. The man then lifted a jacket in the air, making the pigeon stop in its tracks before it appeared to fall to the ground while other passengers screamed and ducked away. When passengers initially boarded the plane at Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport, Caw said he overheard someone tell a flight attendant 'there was a pigeon on the plane.' Soon enough, the pilot hopped on the microphone and informed everyone that that was indeed the case and that 'he had no experience with this situation.' The pigeon was then escorted off the plane by baggage claim handlers, Caw said. It is unclear how the birds go on board. 'People applauded. A young girl asked if she could pet it,' he added. Thinking that was the end of the mayhem, the plane prepared for take off on the runway when another pigeon snuck onboard, Caw detailed. 'This is my video of it flying through the cabin. It was caught, and we returned to the gate,' he said. 'Pilot said when he radioed the control tower about us coming back due to a pigeon, the guy said that was a first for him. Pilot told him it was the second time for him—the first being half an hour earlier.' The second pigeon was taken off the plane by another baggage handler and was 'still alive,' Caw said. 'My guess is the pigeons were tired of flying and wanted snacks. They didn't know this flight to MSN is too short for Delta to offer beverage/snack service,' he added. A spokesperson with Delta Airlines told the flight, with 119 customers and five crew members on board, arrived 56 minutes late due to the incident. 'Delta appreciates the careful actions of our people and our customers to safely remove two birds from the aircraft prior to departure and we apologize to our customers for the delay in their travel,' they added. News of the animals on the plane comes a little more than a month after a United Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing after a rabbit got sucked into its engine. Dramatic video showed a fireball of flames erupting from an engine on Flight 2325 shortly after it took off from Denver Airport on April 13. Passengers on the Edmonton, Canada-bound flight recalled hearing a 'loud bang' and feeling 'significant vibration' just after takeoff, but the aircraft continued to climb. 'Every few moments there was a backfire coming from the engine, a giant fireball behind it,' passenger Scott Wolff told ABC's Good Morning America. 'Everyone in the plane then started to panic.'
The Independent
27-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Watch: Bizarre moment two pigeons spark chaos on Delta Air Lines flight
Two pigeons hijacked a Delta flight from Minneapolis to Wisconsin on Saturday, May 24th, 2025. Passenger Tom Caw recalled boarding his flight when the pilot announced that there was a bird on the plane, telling passengers he "had no experience with this situation". Eventually, baggage handlers successfully captured the bird and carried it off the plane. However, a second pigeon was discovered as the plane began moving down the runway. In footage taken by Caw, another passenger attempts to capture the second pigeon in his jacket. "Pilot said when he radioed the control tower about us coming back due to a pigeon, the guy said that was a first for him," Caw said in a post on social media.
