Posted on 04/27/2024 11:46:09 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
Emergency slide falls off Boeing plane, forcing LA-bound Delta flight to return to JFK
An emergency slide fell off a Delta plane while it was in the air Friday morning — forcing the Los Angeles-bound flight to return to JFK Airport, sources told The Post.
The freak accident set off an emergency alarm around 8:30 a.m. aboard Flight 520, which had departed the Queens airport an hour earlier, sources said. What do you think? Post a comment.
The crew — who had reported a vibration, according to the FAA — had no choice but to return to JFK, on runway 22L, according to the sources.
Cops were still searching for the missing chute early Friday afternoon and sources said it’s believed it could be in Jamaica Bay.
There were no injuries reported.
The plane is a Boeing 767, which wound up departing JFK for Los Angeles International Airport just before 11 a.m., according to FlightAware.
A Port Authority spokeswoman said there is “an ongoing investigation into what took place.”
The airline did not immediately respond to a request for information.
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bttt
Don’t blame Boeing...the poor maintenance of airlines today is catching up with them.
this is part of the greenie weenies fight against humanity.
Fly with DEI. Die with DEI.
Don’t
Ever
Leave
The
Airport
But the headline writers gotta get "Boeing" in there.
In service for almost 30 years.
Absolutely. It points toward the Didn't Earn It (DEI) maintenance contractors that hire incompetent technicians, and then don't check their work.
Someone(s) is/are trying to intentionally destroy Boeing Company!!!
EXACTLY
I GUARANTEE NONE OF THESE AIRLINE PEOPLE WORK ON NASCAR OR INDY CARS.
The emergency slides are inside the doors/hatches, so they couldn’t “fall off” in the air.
Chicago 2023:
Boston 2019:
Mesa Arizona 2016:
This picture shows a slide that's to the rear of the emergency hatch. Passengers would exit the emergency hatch over the wing, walk on the slide to the edge of the wing, and then slide down.
Capt: Uh may I have the check list for a missing chute?
The slide that fell off was the right wing emergency exit slide, located on the wing outside the window emergency exit. Pretty big deal, actually, and it has happened before.
New one on me, but OK.
The Deep State still thinks there’s a chance Trump will get sidelined and Haley will get installed. Then when she runs they’ll use her time at Boeing to sink her campaign.
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