DENVER- Delta Air Lines (DL) flight from Salt Lake City (SLC) to New York’s Newark Liberty Airport (EWR) experienced a complete rudder failure. Due to this, it was forced to make an emergency landing at Denver International Airport (DEN).
The Delta Flight DL791 was operated by the six-month-old Airbus A220 aircraft, which has registration N317DU.
Delta Flight Rudder Failure
Now, let us find out what actually happened with the help of FlightRadar24 data.
Delta flight DL791 took off from SLC at around 4:58 PM UTC. After being airborne for almost one hour, the crew reported primary flight control failure to ATC.
Following this, the flight crew contacted ATC, and after going through the checklist, the flight crew was directed to make an emergency landing in Denver.
The flight landed safely at around 7:00 PM UTC, almost two hours later from its departure. The airline will investigate the incident and find out the reason for the failure.
According to aviation enthusiast JonNYC, during rudder failure, the crew needs to follow the same procedure as engine failure. The aircraft needs to burn extra fuel and cannot land when there is a crosswind.
The aircraft remained on the ground for almost two days at Denver and eventually took off for its base at SLC.
Earlier this month, Delta A220 was forced to abort takeoff after Japan Airlines (JAL) 787 overshooted the stop line at San Diego Airport (SAN). However, following an alert from an air traffic controller, the JAL pilot took action, bringing the aircraft to a halt before it entered the runway.
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