Missing emergency slide that fell off Delta flight found — washed up in front of house of lawyer whose firm is suing Boeing
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NY Post ^
| 04/29/2024 | Social Links forJosh Kosman
The emergency slide that fell off a Delta flight departing from JFK Airport on Friday was found two days later — washed up in front of the beachside house of a lawyer whose firm happens to be suing Boeing over safety issues, The Post has learned. Jake
Bissell-Linsk — a New York attorney whose firm filed a lawsuit against Boeing following the Alaska Airlines door blowout in January — told The Post he got a surprise on Sunday around noon when he looked out the window of his oceanfront home in Belle Harbor, Queens. There — trapped on the rocks...
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Emergency slide falls off Boeing plane, forcing LA-bound Delta flight to return to JFK
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The New York Post ^
| 4/26/2024 | Larry Celona
Emergency slide falls off Boeing plane, forcing LA-bound Delta flight to return to JFK An emergency slide fell off a Delta plane while it was in the air Friday morning — forcing the Los Angeles-bound flight to return to JFK Airport, sources told The Post. The freak accident set off an emergency
alarm around 8:30 a.m. aboard Flight 520, which had departed the Queens airport an hour earlier, sources said. What do you think? Post a comment. The crew — who had reported a vibration, according to the FAA — had no choice but to return to JFK, on runway...
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Last flight of Delta IV heavy about to take off (LIVE)
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Space Flight Live ^
| 28 MAR 24
Watch live as a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta 4 Heavy rocket flies for the final time Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled for 2:45 p.m. EDT (1845 UTC) on Thursday, March 28. The
three-core liquid hydrogen fueled rocket is carrying a top secret payload for the U.S. military's spy satellite agency, the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). Our live coverage from Cape Canaveral, with commentary by Will Robinson-Smith, will begin about 90 minutes prior to launch. It will be the 16th launch for the Delta IV Heavy rocket.
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Security Risk: Man Arrested For Boarding Delta Flight With A Photograph Of A Ticket
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Simple Flying ^
| MARCH 22, 2024 | BY LUKE BODELL
The man photographed another passenger's boarding pass and used it to board the aircraft. A
Texas man has been arrested after taking a picture of another passenger's boarding pass and boarding a Delta flight out of Salt Lake City. The stowaway - 26-year-old Wicliff Yves Fleurizard - had been booked on a Southwest flight but was rebooked as the flight was full. Rather than waiting, he wandered into the Delta side of the departure terminal and took photographs of several boarding passes, which he would then use to board the aircraft. According to court documents filed in Utah on Monday,...
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Another Boeing emergency: Delta Airlines 737 plane makes emergency landing after one of the engines caught fire moments after taking off in Aruba
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dailymail.co.uk ^
| Mar 2024 | Paul Farrell
A Boeing-made Delta Airlines flight out of Aruba and bound for Atlanta was forced to turn back and make an emergency landing after an engine blow out on take-off. The
Pilot of the Boeing 737 900 circled the Caribbean island four times before coming back into land following the 'mechanical issue'. A spokesperson for the airline told DailyMail.com that there were 168 passengers on board in addition to four flight attendants and two pilots. The passengers were forced to spend an extra night in Aruba before being flown out on Wednesday. Delta flight DL581 from Aruba to Atlanta experienced a...
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Delta pilot is slammed as a 'narcissistic dictator' after issuing a VERY strict list of rules to plane passengers in lengthy speech - while bizarrely referring to himself as the 'servant leader'
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Daily Mail (U.K.) ^
| March 1, 2024 | Lillian Gissen
A Delta pilot has gone viral after he delivered a wild speech detailing the incredibly strict 'rules' that he requires passengers to follow during a flight - while referring to himself as a 'servant leader.' The
man, whose identity is not known, sparked fierce backlash after a video of him sharing the vast list of regulations that he 'needed everyone' on the aircraft 'to obey' surfaced on Instagram. In the clip, the pilot could be seen relaying his orders to the travelers over the plane's intercom system. He began by describing himself as the 'servant leader' and 'the captain of...
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Delta CEO sends letter to Congress on financial support for employees
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The Hill ^
| 02/14/2024 | TARA SUTER
Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian in a letter to members of Congress on Wednesday discussed steps the company has taken to help its employees, two days after more than 100 House members in a separate letter called on him to stay neutral in union talks at the company. Bastian
highlighted a $1.4 billion profit-sharing arrangement for front-line workers and an emergency savings program, in which participating employees “can earn $1,000 from Delta to fund a rainy day account.” “At Delta, our No. 1 job is taking care of our people — our success flows from this simple concept. Sharing...
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Maggots Falling Onto Passengers Causes Delta Flight From Hell To Turn Back
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Jalopnik ^
| 2/14/24 | Collin Woodward
When you get on an airplane, there are a lot of things that you can reasonably expect could go wrong. Maybe
your seatmate is too wide to fit in just one seat. Maybe a child will start crying. Maybe you’re forced to witness another passenger going to the bathroom barefoot. No one is going to enjoy experiencing any of those issues, but they’re also completely normal. On a recent flight from Amsterdam to Detroit, however, the Daily Mail reports that passengers had to deal with the completely unexpected problem of maggots falling onto them from the overhead compartmen
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Delta hit with suit for ‘overserving’ booze to husband who fatally ran over wife after flight
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New York Post ^
| Feb. 12, 2024 | Priscilla DeGregory
Delta Airlines has been hit with a lawsuit for the wrongful death of a woman whose husband fatally mowed her down in a Utah airport parking lot — with her estate claiming flight attendants overserved her beau. Representatives
for the estate of slain mom Charlotte Sturgeon and her child — who witnessed the gruesome accident — say in the suit filed Thursday that the airline is to blame for her tragic death because its employees served husband Shawn Sturgeon at least two additional drinks despite him consuming “multiple” alcoholic beverages before even boarding the plane, according to a report by...
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Delta Airlines' 757 loses its NOSE TIRES on the runway in Atlanta and is forced to abort flight while taxiing - in latest terrifying incident involving a Boeing jet
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Daily Mail UK ^
| 16:59 EST, 23 January 2024 | By RACHEL BOWMAN
A Delta Boeing 757 nose wheel came off and rolled down the hill at take off The flight was set to fly from Atlanta to Bogota when the tires fell off It is the latest in a slew of terrifying incidents involving Boeing aircrafts ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A Delta Air Lines plane flying out
of Atlanta lost its nose tire as it tried to take off on Saturday, the Federal Aviation Administration has revealed. The Boeing 757 was set to take off from Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Bogota, Colombia on Saturday when the nose wheel came off. According to the FAA...
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Wheel of a Delta Boeing 757 comes off while it was preparing to take off
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Rumble ^
Wheel of a Delta Boeing 757 comes off while it was preparing to take off at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta Airport
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Delta Introduces New Short Plane For Special-Needs Pilots [Shortbus A330]
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BabylonBee.com ^
| 1-16-2024 | Staff
ATLANTA, GA — In what some industry insiders have described as a clear case of "one-upmanship," Delta Airlines has raised the diversity, equity, and inclusion bar even higher after introducing its new "short plane" specifically designed for special needs pilots. With
increased scrutiny of late on airlines implementing DEI policies among crucial flight crew positions, the Atlanta-based airline giant took the unprecedented step of creating an entirely new model of aircraft to accommodate pilots who are either physically or mentally incapable of operating a standard aircraft. "This is a huge step forward for the retarded folk, er, I mean, the...
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Delta Introduces New Short Plane For Special-Needs Pilots [Shortbus A330]
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BabylonBee.com ^
| 1-16-2024 | Staff
ATLANTA, GA — In what some industry insiders have described as a clear case of "one-upmanship," Delta Airlines has raised the diversity, equity, and inclusion bar even higher after introducing its new "short plane" specifically designed for special needs pilots. With
increased scrutiny of late on airlines implementing DEI policies among crucial flight crew positions, the Atlanta-based airline giant took the unprecedented step of creating an entirely new model of aircraft to accommodate pilots who are either physically or mentally incapable of operating a standard aircraft. "This is a huge step forward for the retarded folk, er, I mean, the...
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Delta Introduces New Short Plane For Special-Needs Pilots
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The Babylon Bee ^
| Jan. 16, 2024 | Babylon Bee
ATLANTA, GA — In what some industry insiders have described as a clear case of "one-upmanship," Delta Airlines has raised the diversity, equity, and inclusion bar even higher after introducing its new "short plane" specifically designed for special needs pilots. With
increased scrutiny of late on airlines implementing DEI policies among crucial flight crew positions, the Atlanta-based airline giant took the unprecedented step of creating an entirely new model of aircraft to accommodate pilots who are either physically or mentally incapable of operating a standard aircraft.
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Delta Airlines Sends Memo to Employees Asking Them to Capitalize “Black” & “Brown” but Write “White” in Lowercase – Format
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The Gateway Pundit ^
| January 16, 2024 | Jordan Conradson
Delta Airlines has revealed that the airline is now asking its employees to capitalize the words “Black” and “Brown” but not “White” when describing one’s race. Delta’s
new “Inclusivity Language Guide” states, RACE AND ETHNICITY STYLE NOTE • Capitalize “Black” and “Brown” in Delta communications. Unlike Black or Brown, “white” should be lowercase. When referencing race, ethnicity, or nationality, be as specific as possible.] This follows the far-left Associated Press style guidelines for capitalizing all race-identifying words except for “White.” According to the Associated Press...
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Delta plane passengers are left horrified after a fellow traveler pooped 'in their SEAT' on a flight - and left the feces 'spread out like peanut butter'
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Daily Mail ^
| 1.9.2023 | 1.10.2023
Plane passengers have been horrified after a fellow traveler pooped their pants on their flight - and left the feces 'spread out like peanut butter' all over the seat. One
of the disgusted travelers took to Reddit to share their dismay over the situation - and it quickly went viral, while sparking some suggestions that it may have been a fabricated story. The Reddit user explained that they were on an early morning Delta flight from Birmingham, Alabama, to Atlanta, Georgia, with their eight-year-old daughter on Christmas Eve, and about 20 minutes after takeoff, they started to smell something 'terrible.'...
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UPDATE: Delta Employee Fulfills Threat, Calls Police on Trans Influencer Tommy Dorfman Following ‘Misgendering’ Incident at Airport
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Gateway Pundit ^
| Dec. 28, 2023 4:00 pm | Staff
Delta Air Lines employee followed through on his threat by calling police on transgender influencer and actress Tommy Dorfman. This comes after a tense confrontation that resulted from Dorfman’s allegations of being ‘misgendered’ by airline staff. A
video going viral Tuesday shows a hard-working Delta employee named “Tristan,” putting a transgender actor in his place just three days before Christmas. Tommy Dorfman, a biological male who identifies as female and uses she/her pronouns, posted a TikTok video showing himself at LaGuardia Airport on December 22. He was waiting to board a flight to his hometown of Atlanta, presumably to celebrate...
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'13 Reasons Why' trans star Tommy Dorfman is threatened to be kicked out of LaGuardia by Delta employee as she rants about being 'misgendered'
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Daily Mail UK ^
| December 27, 2023 | Bethan Sexton
Trans actress Tommy Dorfman has filmed the moment a Delta employee threatened to kick her out of LaGuardia airport after she complained when he misgendered her. The
filmmaker, who is friends with trans influencer Dylan Mulvaney, was waiting to board a flight to Atlanta when the incident occurred. The 13 Reasons Why Star claimed she was 'intentionally' misgendered by two Delta staff ahead of the flight last week. Video shows the 31-year-old facing off with a male Delta employee who initially refers to her as a woman, before correcting himself and calling her 'he.' At one point, the unnamed employee...
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WATCH: Delta Airlines Employee Schools Transgender Activist Whining About Being Misgendered
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PJ Media ^
| 12/27/2023 | Matt Margolis
Over the weekend, a man who pretends he’s a woman recorded an exchange between himself and an employee of Delta Airlines, whom he accused of “misgendering” him. The
clip went viral, though most of the reaction I’ve seen has been in praise of the Delta employee, who wasn’t taking the man’s crap during the busy holiday travel season at La Guardia Airport. According to Newsweek, the triggered traveler is actor Tommy Dorfman, 31, who appeared on the Netflix show "13 Reasons Why," which ended in 2020. He decided to identify as a woman the following year. The video, which Dorfman...
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Delta Airlines employee surprises angry trans customer by pushing back on "It's MA'AM" routine
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Twitchy.com ^
| 12/26/2023 | Coucy
Search... Delta Airlines Employee Surprises Angry Trans Customer by Pushing Back on 'It's MA'AM' Routine Couc The days leading up to Christmas are some of the most tiring for customer service workers in most industries, with customers desperate to get whatever business they need to get done before the holiday hits tending
to be not as reasonable as they might otherwise me. This is doubly true for workers in the airline industry, where hordes of travelers descend on them at their airport kiosks trying to get home for the holidays; although Christmas may bring out the best in people in...
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