Delta Air Lines confirmed that a second flight encountered emergency issues in Orlando on Monday. Delta Flight 1030 departed Orlando for Atlanta for its regularly scheduled service. Officials said the aircraft later experienced a “cabin pressure issue” while flying over Jacksonville. The flight crew made the decision to return to Orlando for an emergency landing. Over 200 passengers and crew members were on board the Boeing 757. Delta said the crew declared an emergency to receive priority handling from air traffic control. The flight landed safely in Orlando, and no...

“With spending patterns under pressure and pricing power fading, providers are going to need to work harder to deliver consistent value,” Morgeson said in a written statement. Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines ranked No. 2 among U.S. airlines in the customer satisfaction study, tied with JetBlue. Dallas-based Southwest Airlines took the No. 1 spot, stepping ahead of Alaska Airlines. Southwest last year announced plans to move to begin assigning seats, upsetting some of its loyal travelers who are accustomed to its longtime policy of open seating — while opening the door...

Nearly 300 passengers were forced to evacuate a Delta Air Lines flight in Florida on Monday after the engine caught fire just before takeoff. Flight 1213 was pushing back from the gate at Orlando International Airport at around 1:15 p.m. when its engine erupted in flames on the tarmac, the airline confirmed. Photos and video showed flames erupting from the tail of the aircraft that was heading to Atlanta with 282 passengers, 10 flight attendants and two pilots onboard. Passengers were evacuated from the Airbus A330 using emergency slides, photos...

A Delta Air Lines flight caught fire on the ground in Orlando and was safely evacuated. According to the airline, flight 1213 was scheduled to travel between Orlando and Atlanta on Monday when flames were spotted in one of its engine tailpipes. A Delta spokesperson said there were 282 customers, 10 flight attendants and two pilots aboard the Airbus A330. The airline confirmed it was sending another plane to Orlando to reaccommodate the affected passengers, while maintenance teams would inspect the affected aircraft. A video posted by a user named...

Passengers aboard a Delta Air Lines flight evacuated on emergency slides onto the Orlando International Airport tarmac on Monday due to an engine fire. The Federal Aviation Administration said Flight 1213 was pushing back from the gate for departure around 11:15 a.m. when an engine caught on fire. As a result, passengers were evacuated from the aircraft using slides. The plane, an Airbus A330, was headed to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Delta said there were 282 passengers on board the full capacity flight, as well as 10 flight attendants and...

A plane blaze has been captured in a shocking video as black smoke filled the sky. A plane suddenly burst into flames this afternoon as it was set to depart an airport runway, forcing passengers to evacuate via its emergency slides. The moment the Delta Air Lines passenger plane became engulfed in flames whilst parked on a runway was captured in a shocking video, as it sent plumes of black smoke into the sky. The flames erupted from one of the plane's engines just as it was scheduled to fly...

A British Airways flight attendant was found dead in a San Francisco hotel room during a two-day layover last week, according to news reports. The cause of death was under investigation, according to the British newspaper The Independent and other news outlets. Neither authorities nor the airline responded to requests for comment Sunday evening. The flight attendant's name and age were not released. His body was reportedly found in his bed Thursday after he failed to meet up with other crew members in the hotel lobby before the return flight...

A British Airways crew member has been found dead in a San Francisco hotel room during a stopover, the airline confirmed to PEOPLE. The male crew member was found deceased in a hotel on Thursday, April 17, after checking in two days ahead of a scheduled return flight to the U.K., British newspapers and reported. Crew members raised concerns about their colleague's whereabouts to hotel management after he failed to show up for work and “didn’t answer his phone” on Thursday, according to reports. The late crew member was due...

British Airways crew member found dead in US hotel hours before London flight The young man's colleagues are said to have raised the alarm after he did not turn up to work before a flight from San Francisco to London - the flight was then reportedly cancelled A tragic incident has occurred involving a British Airways crew member who was found dead in his hotel room during a layover. The alarm was raised by the young man's colleagues when he failed to show up for work ahead of a scheduled...