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Daily Mail
29-04-2025
- General
- Daily Mail
Terrifying sound that filled Delta plane cabin as jet was forced to abort landing with seconds to spare
Passengers onboard a Delta flight were frightened as a terrifying sound filled the cabin seconds before they were supposed to land in Washington. Delta Flight 1452 had to circle around Spokane International Airport despite confirming its descent with air traffic control. The pilot did not say why he was aborting the landing, but the aircraft managed to circle around and land safely the second time. Upon re-ascending, a sound filled the cabin as the engines began to work again to give the aircraft enough power to rise again. 'We weren't crazy low, but we were low enough,' passenger Howard Mazzafro told KHQ. 'You could hear the engines kind of gunning themselves... I haven't had that happen for a long time and I'm a pretty frequent flyer. 'It tripped people up a little bit.' It is unclear what caused the pilots to circle rather than land, but some passengers believe it was due to another plane being on the runway. has reached out to Delta for comment. There has been increased anxiety among fliers recently due to many close calls and several deaths from collisions. However, Captain J. Joseph, of Alabama, told in February: 'It still is [safe to fly].' 'The most dangerous part of your trip is [driving down the] highway to the airport,' he told The former pilot said it's 'completely understandable' to be nervous after seeing the various crashes happening over the last few months, but lamented it's 'not a trend, just an uptick.' His best tip for nervous fliers is be reassured in the numbers and the knowledge that the crew is 'well-trained.' Although he admits flight safety can 'always get better,' he doesn't believe fliers should be more concerned now than they were before.
Yahoo
18-02-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Crosswinds may have challenged pilots in Pearson plane crash, expert says
An aviation expert with more than 30,000 flight hours says it is 'very rare' for an aircraft to end up upside down in a crash, as was the case with a Delta Air Lines plane that flipped on the tarmac at Toronto's Pearson Airport Monday. J. Joseph, a 29-year veteran aviator in the United States Marine Corp., says it is much too early in the investigation to jump to conclusions about what happened, but conditions in Toronto were 'quite windy' at the time of the crash. Joseph says high winds, especially crosswinds that blow perpendicular to the plane, could 'present certain challenges to pilots' as they try to navigate the landing at Pearson Airport. The flight from Minneapolis crashed Monday, intact but upside down, with the wheels of the Mitsubishi CRJ-900LR jutting into the air on the snow-covered tarmac. Several of the 76 passengers and four crew members were injured. In an audio conversation between the airport tower and the Delta flight shortly before landing, the tower warned the pilots of a possible air flow 'bump' in the plane's landing glide path stemming from an aircraft in front of it. But Joseph says it is unlikely that was a factor in the crash, given that air-traffic control is exceptionally skilled at planning adequate space between planes to prevent too much impact from wake turbulence, adding that the strong winds would present a bigger risk. 'Toronto in the winter with high, gusty winds, it could be very challenging,' he says. 'Those high winds and with regard to runway alignment, perhaps crosswind components in winds extremely strong from the left of the right of the aircraft, present certain challenges to the pilots. 'I've got 30,000 hours of flying airplanes. It never gets easy. I don't care how much experience you have. Every set of circumstances is different, and the conditions change very dynamically.' But Joseph says how the plane ended upside down will still need to be explained. "For an aircraft, particularly a large transport-category airplane, to end up in under those circumstances — upside down — is rather rare," he says. "It has happened in the past, but I will tell you candidly, it is very rare." Joseph also says the fuselage being preserved in the crash bodes well for the investigation, as the plane's 'black box' cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder will both likely be intact. 'There are going to be a lot of good data, real time, extracted from the data recorders, as well as the pilots and the flight crew being able to give statements,' he says. 'You learn a lot from mishaps and the investigation. The crux of why you do it in the first place is to preclude those types of mishaps from reoccurring.' This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 17, 2025. Chuck Chiang, The Canadian Press
