Delta flight engine lacked oil when making emergency landing
- Delta Flight 876, a Boeing 717-200 bound for Columbia, South Carolina, made an emergency landing at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson Airport on February 24 after smoke filled the cabin during takeoff.
- Flight attendants observed dense smoke coming from the vents and near the main door, while the pilots received an alert indicating oil pressure was critically low in the right engine, prompting them to shut it down and return to the airport.
- The pilots changed runways due to low visibility caused by smoke and facemasks, landed safely, and evacuated all 99 passengers and crew using emergency slides, with two passengers sustaining minor injuries.
- Maintenance personnel found little or no oil in the right Rolls-Royce BR715-C1 engine, but the NTSB has not yet determined if this caused the smoke; the investigation remains ongoing.
- The National Transportation Safety Board issued a preliminary report on Wednesday noting these facts but said the final report, which typically takes about a year, will determine probable cause and oil system relevance.
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No oil found in engine after Delta Air Lines flight filled with smoke, NTSB report finds
No oil was visible in the gauge on the right engine’s oil reservoir after a February Delta Air Lines flight filled with smoke during takeoff at Atlanta’s Hartsfield Jackson International Airport, a preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board said Wednesday.
Delta flight that filled with smoke had "no oil visible" in right engine after emergency in Atlanta, NTSB report says
After a Delta flight made an emergency landing in Atlanta in February, a maintenance crew found there was barely any or possibly no oil in the aircraft's right engine, an NTSB report said.
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Report says thick smoke filled the cabin of a Delta plane that took off from Atlanta in February
Smoke that filled the cabin of a Delta flight as it took off from the Atlanta airport in February was so thick the lead flight attendant had trouble seeing past the first row of passengers and the pilots donned oxygen masks as a precaution.
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