A Delta 767 at JFK
A Boeing 767 aircraft owned and operated by Delta Air Lines and bound for California lost one of its emergency slides shortly after takeoff on Friday.
The incident prompted the crew to return to New York as a precaution.
Delta Flight 520 had departed John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York at 8:02 a.m. local time, after having left the gate 15 minutes late at 7:30 a.m. and was headed to Los Angeles, when its flight crew discovered an issue related to the plane right wing emergency exit slide. Other crew members had noticed an unusual sound near the wine, the airline said.
The pilots declared an emergency to air-traffic controllers and the flight returned to JFK, landing at 8:35 a.m., roughly 32 minutes after it had departed. It reached the gate without incident at 8:45 am.
After the aircraft was on the ground, it became clear that the emergency slide had “separated” from the plane, the airline said in a statement. The Boeing 767-300 was removed from service and Delta said that it would “thoroughly evaluate the aircraft.”
“Delta flight crews enacted their extensive training and followed procedures to return to JFK,” the carrier said in a statement provided to Frequent Business Traveler and The Travelist. Delta said it would “fully cooperate” with retrieval efforts and investigations.
At press time, it was not clear what had caused the slide to detach or where it had landed.
The Federal Aviation Administration said on Friday that it would investigate the incident.
(Photo: Accura Media Group)
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