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Yesterday afternoon, a Delta Air Lines flight headed for Salt Lake City from JFK didn't get too far: One of the plane's tires blew out during takeoff, forcing the plane to circle the airport and dump fuel before making an emergency landing back at JFK. The AP reports, "Passengers say they heard a loud explosion and started praying." According to Delta, there were no injuries and passengers are being rebooked to other flights. Additionally, it's unclear when the tires of the 737-800 were last replaced. It hasn't been a good week for Delta passengers--a flight from JFK to Las Vegas sat on the tarmac for seven hours on Sunday.
Delta Flight Makes Emergency Landing at JFK
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It's the same media that NEVER mentioned Muslims' hatred of Israel as a possible motive for 9/11.
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I wonder where dumped fuel lands! In people's backyards? on other planes? maybe on all those rabbits hopping around?
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Glad they made it, of course.
I bet we're going to be hearing a lot more about a lot of oldish planes with bad maintenance, now that they're all complaining about money. I think I'll be opting for the train more often.
Presumably they dump fuel in the ocean, which still isn't GOOD but probably better than dumping it on people's houses.
737's don't have fuel dumping systems. They probably had to fly around for hours, kinda like that Jetblue flight that landed in LA with a bad landing gear.
is this dumped fuel going to ruin my weekend at the beach?
I wonder why they didn't just fly to Salt Lake city and deal with it there. The fuel would be mostly used up, and it would be the same kind of landing experience in SLC as it would be at JFK. Right? Or were they worried that the blown-out tire did some other damage?
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, Delta?