Delta Jet Leaking Fluid Diverted Safely to JFK
A Delta Air Lines plane with a hydraulic leak landed safely yesterday after it was diverted from LaGuardia Airport to Kennedy Airport, the airline said. The plane was sent to Kennedy as a cautionary measure because it has a longer runway, said Delta spokesman Anthony Black.
Flight 1846, which originated in Orlando, landed at about 5 p.m. yesterday, Black said. No one was hurt, he said. The plane was an MD-88, holding 139 passengers and five crew members.
Black said the location of the hydraulic leak, which could have affected operation of the plane's wing flaps or the landing gear, among other things, was still under investigation.
Delta operates 750,000 flights a year and its airplanes experience hydraulic leaks a few dozen times a year, Black said.