Photo: Twitter / @MicahLifa
The last thing you want to see when you look out the window of the plane you’re in is part of the engine danging out and something glowing brightly.
Yet it was exactly the sight some of the 148 passengers on a recent Delta flight from Atlanta to Baltimore were greeted with when they looked. First, there was a loud boom they both heard and felt, and then the AC turned off, the cabin filled with smoke and the plane seemed to slow down, passengers say for WRAL.
As shown in the video available at the bottom of the page, it seemed as a part of the engine came off and was rattling inside, being thrown around by the blades. The central part of the engine was also glowing brightly, as if it’d caught fire.
Accounts vary as to the altitude when the incident happened: some fliers say it was at 10,000 feet, others at 30,000. They all agree that panic set in and that cabin crew were successful in keeping everyone calm, preparing for the emergency landing.
The pilot brought down the plane at Raleigh-Durham International Airport in North Carolina, and everyone was de-planed without incident. ABC affiliate WMAR 2 News says Delta offered all passengers a $30 food voucher as compensation, while they waited for another flight out.
“The flight crew of Delta flight 1425 from Atlanta to Baltimore elected to divert to Raleigh, N.C., out of an abundance of caution after receiving an indication of a possible issue with one of the aircraft's engines,” a Delta spokesperson says in a statement to WRAL. “The flight landed without incident and customers will be re-accommodated on an alternate aircraft.”
According to one of the (bravest) passengers on board, mishaps of this kind, while with great potential for tragedy, are to be expected. “That's scary, but it happens,” says Ryan Erwin for the same media outlet. “I also drive a lot and that's also very dangerous.”
Considering the plane, the malfunction isn’t exactly surprising: it was an old MD-88, of which Delta has 75 in its fleet. The airline is hoping to retire all of them by 2020 and replace them with newer models.
As shown in the video available at the bottom of the page, it seemed as a part of the engine came off and was rattling inside, being thrown around by the blades. The central part of the engine was also glowing brightly, as if it’d caught fire.
Accounts vary as to the altitude when the incident happened: some fliers say it was at 10,000 feet, others at 30,000. They all agree that panic set in and that cabin crew were successful in keeping everyone calm, preparing for the emergency landing.
The pilot brought down the plane at Raleigh-Durham International Airport in North Carolina, and everyone was de-planed without incident. ABC affiliate WMAR 2 News says Delta offered all passengers a $30 food voucher as compensation, while they waited for another flight out.
“The flight crew of Delta flight 1425 from Atlanta to Baltimore elected to divert to Raleigh, N.C., out of an abundance of caution after receiving an indication of a possible issue with one of the aircraft's engines,” a Delta spokesperson says in a statement to WRAL. “The flight landed without incident and customers will be re-accommodated on an alternate aircraft.”
According to one of the (bravest) passengers on board, mishaps of this kind, while with great potential for tragedy, are to be expected. “That's scary, but it happens,” says Ryan Erwin for the same media outlet. “I also drive a lot and that's also very dangerous.”
Considering the plane, the malfunction isn’t exactly surprising: it was an old MD-88, of which Delta has 75 in its fleet. The airline is hoping to retire all of them by 2020 and replace them with newer models.
Video I took from my seat on my flight from Atlanta to Baltimore yesterday! Thanks @Delta for the silly smooth emergency landing! #perfect #execution To use this video in a commercial player or in broadcasts, please email [email protected] pic.twitter.com/TUFzREl0Lc
— Logan Webb (@Micahlifa) July 9, 2019
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