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This is absolutely crazy, y'all! BREAKING 911: 200 passengers evacuated a Delta flight at Atlanta Airport after an aborted takeoff. Emergency slides were used, and 4 reported minor injuries, 1 hospitalized. Flight was headed to Minneapolis. Why is everyone running through the snow in a mad dash like the plane is about to blow? What is going on? Passengers exited the Boeing 757-300 aircraft through emergency slides and ground transportation was used to take them back to the terminal. Four passengers reported minor injuries in the incident, with one transported to an area hospital, the airport said. The other three...

Four people have been injured after a Delta flight was evacuated at the Atlanta airport on Friday morning. Officials say the flight from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Airport to Minneapolis-St. Paul aborted takeoff shortly after 9 a.m. on Friday due to an engine problem. According to a post from the Atlanta airport's X page, passengers deplaned from the Boeing 757-300 aircraft using emergency slides and were taken to a nearby concourse. During the evacuation, four of the 201 passengers suffered minor injuries, officials said. One was taken to a local hospital. The other three were treated on the scene. "Nothing is more...