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November 10, 1946: Delta Air Lines Flight 10, a Douglas DC-3 which departed Jackson, Mississippi attempting to land at then Meridian Key Field (MEI) in a thunderstorm and winds, had a runway excursion after landing, going beyond the end of the runway and up the western slope of a ditch adjoining the highway adjacent to the airport, bouncing over a highway, and coming to rest with the nose ...
Delta Air Lines Flight 191 was a regularly scheduled Delta Air Lines domestic service from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to Los Angeles, California, with an intermediate stop at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW). On August 2, 1985, the Lockheed L-1011 TriStar operating Flight 191 encountered a microburst while on approach to land at DFW ...
The most common cause of engine shutdown is fuel exhaustion or fuel starvation, but there have been other cases in aviation history of multiple engine failure due to bird strikes, flying through volcano ash, ingesting debris, and various forms of damage due to water (hail, ice or overwhelming rain).
Two Delta planes collided on the taxiway at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport on Tuesday morning, leaving one of the planes on the tarmac with a nearly severed tail, photos show.
Delta Air Lines Flight 191 crashed upon landing in Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport on August 2, 1985, due to a powerful weather event known as a microburst. [173] Delta Air Lines Flight 1141 crashed after takeoff from Dallas-Fort Worth Airport on August 31, 1988. The NTSB determined that the flight crew had failed to deploy the plane's ...
Harrowing footage captured the moment a Delta flight nearly crashed into the Gonzaga University basketball team plane on the runway at Los Angeles International Airport. “Stop, stop, stop!” an ...
A Delta Air Lines jet landed with its nose gear retracted after pilots reported an issue on Wednesday. All aboard were evacuated safely. Delta plane lands without nose gear, all passengers and ...
Delta Air Lines Flight 554, a McDonnell Douglas MD-88 was on an early evening ILS/DME approach to runway 13, when right before touchdown, the right wing struck approach lights, then struck the runway and sheared off the landing gear. The plane skidded down the runway for 2,700 feet (900 yd; 820 m).