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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.
The Independent
22-05-2025
- General
- The Independent
Delta flight that had to be evacuated amid thick smoke after emergency landing had ‘no oil visible' in one engine, report shows
A Delta flight that had to make an emergency landing and evacuate after thick smoke billowed through the cabin had 'no visible oil' in one of its engines, according to a report into the incident. Delta Flight DL876 was heading from Atlanta, Georgia to Columbia in South Carolina on February 24 but had to make an emergency landing shortly after takeoff. The National Transport Safety Board found indications that the aircraft suffered an oil system failure in a preliminary report released Wednesday. 'During a post incident examination, maintenance personnel found no oil visible in the sight glass of the right engine oil reservoir, indicating the quantity was at or near zero,' the report said. Flight attendants noticed the smoke 'coming out of all the vents' during takeoff and 'attempted to contact the pilots using the emergency call button but did not get a response,' the report said. 'They also took turns using the interphone to try and announce to the pilots that there was smoke in the cabin.' The attendants knocked on the cockpit door to alert the pilots, but because smoke had already started to enter the cockpit, the pilots first focused on flying the plane and declaring an emergency with air traffic control. 'The lead FA recalled that the smoke was very thick, and that he was unable to see past the first row of seats,' the report said. A low oil pressure alarm from the right engine sounded in the cockpit once the plane returned to the airport and the engine was shut down. Passengers were evacuated from the aircraft and of the 97 people on board, including the crew, two suffered minor injuries. 'The flight crew followed procedures to return to Atlanta when a haze inside the aircraft was observed after departure,' Delta said in a statement at the time. 'Nothing is more important than the safety of our customers and people, and we apologize to our customers for the experience.' The investigation into the right engine is ongoing.
Associated Press
21-05-2025
- General
- Associated Press
Report says thick smoke filled the cabin of a Delta plane that took off from Atlanta in February
The smoke that filled the cabin of a Delta flight as it took off from the Atlanta airport in February was so thick that the lead flight attendant had trouble seeing past the first row of passengers and the pilots donned oxygen masks as a precaution. The National Transportation Safety Board said in a preliminary report Wednesday that the plane quickly returned to the airport on the morning of Feb. 24 and evacuated all 99 people aboard. Two people sustained minor injuries during the evacuation, but no one was hurt by the smoke. Initially, the airline described the incident as just a haze inside the Boeing 717 aircraft. Delta didn't immediately respond to questions about the incident Wednesday afternoon. The flight attendants reported that the smoke began near one of the doors in the front of the plane before it also started coming out of all the vents throughout the plane, according to the report. The flight attendants tried contacting the pilots but initially couldn't reach them because they were focused on emergency procedures and flying the plane. The flight attendants assured passengers they were trained for the situation and asked them to remain calm. Shortly after the smoke appeared, the NTSB said, the pilots got a low oil pressure alarm for the right engine, so they shut it down as they were returning to the airport. When maintenance personnel inspected that engine after the plane landed they found little or no oil in the engine. The NTSB hasn't determined if that oil leak was the cause of the smoke. That won't be established until the agency completes its full report sometime next year. The plane was met by firefighters when it landed, and when the pilots opened the flight deck door, they 'noticed a tremendous amount of smoke in the cabin, and the captain immediately ordered an evacuation,' the report said. Passengers evacuated the plane through a combination of the emergency slides at the front and back of the plane and climbing off the wing. The flight's destination had been Columbia, South Carolina.
