Emergency slide falls off Boeing aircraft, forcing LA-bound Delta flight to go back to JFK

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Through Larry Celona

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April 26, 2024

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April 26, 2024, 2:45 p.m. ET

An emergency slide fell off a Delta aircraft whilst it used to be within the air Friday morning — forcing the Los Angeles-bound flight to go back to JFK Airport, assets instructed The Submit.

The freak coincidence activate an emergency alarm round 8:30 a.m. aboard Flight 520, which had departed the Queens airport an hour previous, assets stated.

The team — who had reported a vibration, in keeping with the FAA — had no selection however to go back to JFK, on runway 22L, in keeping with the assets.

Police officers have been nonetheless looking for the lacking chute early Friday afternoon and assets stated it’s believed it may well be in Jamaica Bay.

There have been no accidents reported.

The aircraft is a Boeing 767, which wound up departing JFK for Los Angeles Global Airport simply earlier than 11 a.m., in keeping with FlightAware.

A Port Authority spokeswoman stated there may be “an ongoing investigation into what happened.”

The airline didn’t in an instant reply to a request for info.

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