The aircraft was on a scheduled domestic flight between Atlanta and New York's La Guardia Airport, and had a landing excursion that led to an emergency evacuation. Two of the three crew members and all 47 passengers were killed.ĥ March 2015 Delta Airlines MD88 N909DL flight DL1086 New York, NY: The aircraft took off on a shorter runway that is typically used by smaller private aircraft rather than the airport's main runway. The event occurred shortly before sunrise, and there was no reported precipitation at the time of the event. The aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff, about one half mile (800 m) from the end of the departure runway. The aircraft was on a scheduled domestic flight from Lexington, KY to Atlanta, GA. 27 August 2006 Delta Connection (Comair) CRJ-100 Lexington, KY:.The flight crew did not have any unusual communications with air traffic control prior to the crash.Īll three crew members and 26 passengers were killed. The weather at the time was overcast with snow, visibility 1.5 miles (2.4 km), and light winds. The aircraft was en route to Detroit Metro Airport from Cincinnati when it crashed shortly before dusk in a field about 20 miles (32 km) south of the airport.Īccording to various news reports, the aircraft spiraled into the ground and was destroyed by the impact and subsequent fire. 9 January 1997 Delta Connection (Comair) Embraer Brasilia near Monroe, MI:.6 July 1996 Delta MD-88 Pensacola, FL: During the takeoff, the left engine sustained an uncontained failure, causing pieces of the engine to penetrate the cabin, killing two of the 137 passengers.One of the three crew members and seven of the 26 passengers were killed. The airplane hit trees and crashed about 5 miles (8 km) southeast of the airport and was destroyed by fire. The crew was unable to maintain altitude and diverted to a nearby airport. 21 August 1995 Delta Connection (Atlantic Southeast Airlines) Embraer Brasilia near Carrolton, GA: As the aircraft was climbing through 18,000 feet, the left propeller shed a blade and the propeller would not feather.Two of the seven crew members and 12 of the 101 passengers were killed 31 August 1988 Delta Air Lines 727-200 Dallas-Fort Worth Airport, TX: The aircraft stalled and crashed on takeoff due to the flaps not being properly set by the flight crew.
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One person in a passing car was also killed. The aircraft crashed shortly before landing after encountering a wind shear from a passing thunderstorm.Įight of the 11 crew members and 128 of the 152 passengers were killed. 2 August 1985 Delta Air Lines L1011-1 Dallas, TX:.One of the passengers died several months after the accident. The aircraft landed short of the runway in poor visibility, striking a sea wall about 165 feet (50 m) the right of the runway centerline and about 3000 feet (914 m)shortĪll six crew members and 83 passengers were killed. 31 July 1973 Delta Air Lines DC9-31 Boston, MA:.The numbered events are those involving at least one airline passenger death where the aircraft flight had a direct or indirect role, and where at least one of the dead passengers was not a stowaway, hijacker, or saboteur.Īlso included are events from Delta regional airlines. On February 18, the airline will operate at least two services, flight DL1361 between Minneapolis and Winnipeg (Canada) and flight DL2247 between Raleigh-Durham and Tampa.The following are significant events involving the airline or its subsidiares.
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We closed the runway 05L/23R, and we are operating with the runway 05R/23L.”įour hours later, MEX authorities announced both runways were reopened and fully functioning.ĭelta’s N354NB doesn’t have any scheduled flight on February 16 and 17, according to data from.
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The travelers and luggage descended from the plane and the flight was rescheduled. We executed our safety protocol and there weren’t major setbacks for passengers and crew. “While initiating the takeoff of flight DAL605 from Delta, a tire burst. While rejecting the takeoff, Delta’s Airbus A319 damaged some drainage canal cappings, as can be seen in pictures and videos posted on social media. The aircraft came to a stop outside the runway edge markings. As the aircraft slowed down, one of the tires burst, causing it to veer off the runway to the right.