Delta flight routed to Fort Lauderdale plunges nearly 30,000 feet
According to Flight Aware, a Delta flight full of passengers from Atlanta plunged nearly 30,000 feet. Passengers described panic in Tweets as they grabbed for oxygen masks on board a Delta flight….
LONDON, ENGLAND – SEPTEMBER 09: A Delta Airlines and American Airlines flights comes in to land at Heathrow on September 9, 2019 in London, England. British Airways pilots have begun a 48 hour ‘walkout’, grounding most of its flights over a dispute about the pay structure of it’s pilots. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
(Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)According to Flight Aware, a Delta flight full of passengers from Atlanta plunged nearly 30,000 feet.
Passengers described panic in Tweets as they grabbed for oxygen masks on board a Delta flight.
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According to the website, the plane descended from 39,000 feet to 10,000 feet in fewer than seven minutes.
The plane was diverted to Tampa International Airport Wednesday night, where mechanics were working to figure out what went wrong.
