Delta flight bound for Paris is forced to divert to Boston with ‘mechanical issues’ after crew report a ‘vibration’ and a passenger suffers a ‘medical emergency’
- A Delta Airlines Boeing 777 was diverted from its flight plan Thursday to Boston after the crew reported a ‘vibration and declared an emergency’ officials said
- Delta Flight 148 landed at Boston Logan International about 9:26 p.m. after the emergency was called, says a spokeswoman for the FAA, which is investigating
- A Delta spokesperson confirmed the flight was diverted from its original flight plan from Las Vegas to Paris over a ‘mechanical issue’
- One passenger tweeted about the incident: ‘All of a sudden a loud noise in the plane. Confusion. People panicking. In the end an emergency landing in Boston’
A Delta Boeing 777 bound for Paris was diverted from its flight plan and made an emergency landing in Boston after its crew reported ‘a vibration and declared an emergency’, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
Delta Airlines Flight 148, which originated in Las Vegas, landed at Boston Logan International Airport about 9:26 p.m., an FAA spokeswoman said.
The plane ‘landed safely’ after the crew reported the vibration and sounded the emergency, the spokeswoman said.
Footage broadcast by WBZ showed emergency responders meeting a Delta Boeing 777 bound for Paris that was diverted from its flight plan and made an emergency landing in Boston after its crew reported ‘a vibration and declared an emergency’
Delta Airlines Flight 148, which originated in Las Vegas, landed at Boston Logan International Airport about 9:26 p.m., an FAA spokeswoman said (file photo)
The FAA is investigating the incident.
Footage broadcast by WBZ showed emergency responders meeting the aircraft on the tarmac.
WHDH reported that a passenger also had suffered a medical emergency.
The afflicted passenger was met on the ground by paramedics, and their condition was not known, the news outlet reported.
Freelance journalist Jona Kallgren said he was on board the jet flying back from the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas and described what happened in a social medial post.
‘On my way home from CES. All of a sudden a loud noise in the plane. Confusion. People panicking. In the end an emergency landing in Boston,’ he tweeted just 30 minutes after the plane touched down.
He later, in a second tweet, said ‘all is fine,’ and offered that a ‘bust air conditioning ‘pipe’ was suspected, but not really clear.’
