Delta flight to New York makes emergency landing after passengers see FLAMES under the wing

A Delta Airlines flight from Edinburgh bound for JFK was forced to make an emergency landing shortly after takeoff after flames were detected coming from under the wing.

Flight 209 departed at 10:50 a.m. for New York from Scotland, but an emergency was declared within half an hour of the Boeing 767 taking off and by 11:30 a.m. the plane was back on the ground at the nearby Glasgow airport.

Footage filmed by one of the passengers shows a stream of flames coming from the rear of the wing in what appears to be an engine surge.

Anxious passengers could be heard talking in the background, while some were crying.

Some travelers feared for their lives as the crew prepared for an emergency landing.

‘An announcement was made that we were going to Glasgow Prestwick. The noise then died down to nothing as if the engines had gone. At that point there was an eerie silence and then gasps,” said Julie Nisbet. STV.

“We saw the captain walking up and down the flight and we thought this could be serious.

“It seemed to slide at one point when the engines died. I didn’t think we were going to go down safely. When we did, we clapped and cheered and whistled. I’m happy to tell the story.

“When the plane landed, we could see fire trucks and firemen with hoses running towards us,” Nisbet explained to BBC News.

“They told us to leave all our belongings and leave as quickly as possible. There was no real panic among the passengers, more like confusion. However, some families with children were quite distraught.

‘The pilots seemed to do a good job of getting us down safely. Apparently, the cabin crew was preparing for a forced landing.

Four fire trucks encountered the aircraft that Delta described as a “mechanical failure.”

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service also issued a statement: “We were asked at 11:23am on Friday 10th February to assist our fire service partners at Prestwick Airport.”

“Operations Control mobilized four devices to the site, where the firefighters continue to work to support their colleagues.”

The airline also issued a statement after the incident: “Delta Flight 209 from Edinburgh to New York-JFK diverted safely to Prestwick, Glasgow after a mechanical problem with the aircraft.

“We apologize to our customers for this inconvenience and we are working to get them to their final destination as quickly as possible.”

On the other side of the Atlantic, four people have been hospitalized after an empty American Airlines plane stuck a passenger bus on the taxiway of Los Angeles airport, LAX.

The plane was being towed to the parking area when the “low-speed collision” occurred near the south side of the terminal around 10 p.m. Friday, injuring five and hospitalizing four.

“A plane being towed tonight from a gate to a parking area made contact with a shuttle bus, injuring approximately five people,” the airport announced on Twitter.

The driver, two passengers and the tugboat driver were taken to hospital. Another LAX worker was injured but not hospitalized. They are believed to be in moderate condition, according to foxnews.

Aerial images, taken by ABC 7 it shows the driver being herded into an ambulance with a head wound wrapped up.

There was reportedly extensive damage to the bottom of the plane below the nose after the collision and video shows the front windows of the bus with deep cracks.

An investigation into the accident has been opened.

Last month, an American Airlines plane narrowly avoided crashing into a Delta plane going 115 mph during takeoff from JFK last month.

The Boeing 737 was traveling at 115 mph down a runway at the New York airport around 8:45 p.m. when an air traffic controller noticed the American Airlines flight to the UK crossing from an adjacent runway right in front of the plane that was leaving, reports ABC 7.

Air Traffic Control had told the American Airlines flight to cross ‘runway 31L at Kilo’, but instead it crossed runway 4 to the left at Juliet, crossing directly in front of the departing Delta flight.

The Delta pilot was forced to brake abruptly, traveling another 661 feet before coming to a complete stop with just 1,000 feet to spare before the plane struck the American Airlines Boeing 777, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a preliminary statement. .

He was then forced to return to the gate and did not take off again until the next morning, while the American Airlines flight was on time for the UK.

A Delta pilot remained cool, calm and collected despite nearly crashing head-on into the side of an American Airlines flight.

The anonymous pilot could be heard on audio recordings from the JFK air traffic control tower simply saying that he will need to make some phone calls about the near-fatal crash.

“Yeah, we’re going to have to go somewhere, run through a couple of checklists and probably make some phone calls for Delta 1943,” the pilot says calmly.

Earlier this month, a FedEx Boeing 767 cargo plane landing at Austin-Bergstrom International came within 100 feet of a Southwest Airlines 737 plane taking off from the same runway.

Analysts say only quick thinking by the FedEx pilot prevented a collision.

The FedEx flight was several miles from the airport when it was cleared to land, according to the FAA.

But as it was about to land, an air traffic controller also gave the go-ahead for the Southwest Boeing 737 to take off on the exact same stretch of runway.

The Southwest flight to Cancun, Mexico continued to take off even as the FedEx cargo plane was directly overhead.

The Southwest plane was able to depart safely, according to the FAA.

FedEx said its flight “landed safely after encountering an event” but declined to comment further due to ongoing investigations.