Delta Air Lines flight catches fire during aborted takeoff at JFK airport

Posted by freemexy on June 1st, 2019

More than 250 passengers and crew members were evacuated from a Delta Air Lines flight on Monday evening after a fire broke out in the wheel well.To get more delta 582, you can visit shine news official website.

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Delta Flight 420, leaving from JFK International Airport for Accra, Ghana, aborted takeoff after observing an issue with the airspeed indicator, causing the brakes to overheat and ignite the gear, The New York Post reports.

In total, 258 people — 250 passengers, 8 crew members — were evacuated via mobile stairs. A fire unit from the Port Authority Police soon responded to the scene to extinguish the fire, the Port Authority PBA confirmed on Twitter.

The same Twitter account also shared footage of what was described as a fire breaking out in the wheel well of the same aircraft a bit earier.The small blaze was extinguished on the taxiway and no one was injured, a spokesperson for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) confirmed to Fox News. There were no operational impacts to other flights, PANYNJ added.
A representative for Delta Air Lines apologized in a statement:

“Delta apologizes to our customers onboard Flight 420 for delaying their travel. We are working to get customers to their destination as soon as possible.”Total adjusted operating expenses for the March quarter increased 7 million, driven by higher fuel prices, investments in employee wages and profit sharing, and higher depreciation expense.

Adjusted fuel expense increased 7 million, or 20 percent relative to March quarter 2017, as the year- over-year increase in market fuel prices was tempered by the lapping of prior year hedge losses and improved fuel efficiency. Delta's adjusted fuel price per gallon for the March quarter was .01, which includes --content--.05 of benefit from the refinery.

CASM-Ex increased 3.9 percent for the March 2018 quarter compared to the prior year period driven by April 2017 wage increases and accelerated depreciation due to aircraft retirements. Unit costs were further pressured by approximately 1 point from the impact of severe weather and foreign exchange. Delta expects this period will mark the highest non-fuel expense growth for the year.

"We expect unit cost growth of 1 to 3 percent in the June quarter, as we lap prior year investments in our people and our business," said Paul Jacobson, Delta's Chief Financial Officer. "As we move through depreciation pressure from our fleet retirements and gain benefits from our upgauging and One Delta initiatives later in the year, we are on track for our 0 to 2 percent full year unit cost target."

Adjusted non-operating expense was flat year-on-year for the March quarter as a million improvement in pension expense was offset by higher interest costs and the seasonality of joint venture partner earnings. The company expects 2018 full-year adjusted non-operating expense to be 0-250 million lower than 2017, due to pension expense savings.