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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 ...
Southern Airways Flight 242 executed a forced landing on a highway in New Hope, Paulding County, Georgia, after suffering hail damage and losing thrust on both engines in a severe thunderstorm on April 4, 1977. In all, 63 of 85 passengers and crew on board were killed, as were 9 more on the ground.
The nose landing gear well and the main electronics bay also were damaged. [1] Delta subsequently declared the aircraft a hull loss, making the accident the 37th hull loss of a McDonnell Douglas MD-80. [9] [18] The crew of the plane managed a complete evacuation only after more than 17 minutes, while the aircraft was leaking fuel.
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.
Photo and video show passengers deplaning from the damaged Delta airplane, Flight 5526, after being struck. The Bombardier CRJ900 is one of the smallest planes in Delta's fleet, while the Airbus ...
No injuries were reported
The aircraft experienced explosive decompression when a cargo door opened unexpectedly midflight, which was eventually attributed to flaws in the door's design, causing some seats to be expelled from the aircraft. The flight was able to make an emergency landing in Honolulu. August 31, 1988 14 76 94 Delta Air Lines Flight 1141: Euless: Texas