Delta Airlines makes emergency return to JFK after losing its right-hand side emergency slide

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Kraien on April 26th, 2024 at 21:18 UTC »

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A Delta Air Lines flight that departed from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City was forced to make an emergency return to the airport Friday morning after an emergency slide came apart from the Boeing 767, the airline said. A search for the slide was ongoing.

approx_volume on April 26th, 2024 at 21:22 UTC »

Who made the airplane probably has nothing to do with this incident. Most likely culprit is maintenance related. Really the most responsible thing people can do is wait for the NTSB to issue a statement as to the likely cause and not just jump to conclusions.

TJATAW on April 27th, 2024 at 01:51 UTC »

Before you scream about Boeing not building things correctly, you might want to know the year Delta took possession of the plane:

George H. W. Bush was the President. NBA Hall Of Famer Gary Payton was the second player drafted. Songs that came out: Billie Joel "We Didn't Start The Fire" & Vanilla Ice "Ice Ice Baby". Movies that came out: Ghost & Home Alone & Dances With Wolves & Total Recall

It was 1990, 34 years ago.