Passengers on a Delta Air Lines flight from New York to Ghana had a scare and an unexpected overnight stay in New York late Monday.
The takeoff of Delta Flight 420 from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Kotoka International Airport in Accra, Ghana, was aborted due to an “airspeed indication issue,” according to Delta spokesman Adrian Gee.
Upon landing, the brakes on the Boeing 767 overheated and the plane was met by fire and rescue officials, Gee said. Flames can be seen in video posted on social media. The 205 passengers evacuated via stairs.
Onboard the flight was Ghanaian actress, Yvonne Nelson who shared a post on Instagram asking the Delta Airline to sit up. She wrote : “My flight! So this happened to us! Thank you Jesus #Deltapleasesitup”
The airline provided hotel accommodations and meal vouchers, and travelers are expected to fly out Tuesday night.
“Delta apologizes to our customers onboard Flight 420 for delaying their travel,” Gee said in a statement. “We are working to get customers to their destination as soon as possible.”
Source: ameyawdebrah
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This is called "aborted take-off". Pilots are trained to abort take-offs when they have sufficient reason to believe that the lives of passengers cannot be guaranteed if they go ahead to attempt the take-off.There are several reasons for that and they include lack of sufficient take-off speed (V1) or an alarm in the cockpit of an immediate danger.Tyres have been documented to catch fire during such aborted take-off but fire crew are trained to deal with such fires.Thank God lives were saved.