Out of service: Delta Air Lines Boeing 737-900ER engine issue forces immediate Atlanta return

An aging 737-900ER bowed out after a right engine glitch, testing Delta’s busy Atlanta operations and leaving delayed passengers waiting.
USA Today

Sick Delta Air Lines captain diverts plane. 'I'm the one that's ill'

A Delta Air Lines captain recently suffered a medical emergency and had to divert a Boston-bound plane to Michigan so he could get to a hospital. The incident happened on Tuesday, Aug. 25, aboard ...
nytimes.com

‘I Need to Go to the Hospital,’ Delta Pilot Tells Air Traffic Control

A Delta Air Lines flight from Los Angeles to Boston safely diverted to Detroit after the captain of a Boeing 757 became ill. By Neil Vigdor The altitude read 39,000 feet. The speed was hovering around ...
The Daily Beast

Delta Pilot Pleads for Help Before Making Emergency Landing

A routine cross-country flight turned into a high-stakes diversion after a captain fell ill midair and personally requested an immediate trip to the emergency room upon landing. The drama unfolded ...
WLKY

Delta pilot diverts plane after becoming ill, tells control tower, 'I need to go to the hospital'

A Delta Air Lines flight from Los Angeles to Boston was diverted Tuesday after the plane's pilot became ill. The pilot could be heard on air traffic control audio telling the tower that he was ill and ...
WKYC3

'I am the one who is ill' | Sick Delta pilot warns air traffic control he is landing plane to go to the hospital

WASHINGTON — A Delta Air Lines pilot had to make an emergency landing in Detroit and go to the hospital on Tuesday, with air traffic control audio revealing the Delta flight captain radioed the tower ...