Delta Air Lines bid farewell to one of its Boeing 767-300ER s last month. After more than 30 years of service, this particular aircraft made a name for itself when one of its emergency slides flew off earlier this year. The plane was subsequently repaired, and several flights were performed safely after the incident.
However, Delta has now decided on its fate as it sits on the ground in San Bernardino, California. Journey to Southern California The aircraft is registered as N176DN. According to Planespotters.
net , it was ferried from Delta’s hub at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) to San Bernardino International Airport (SBD) on August 31st. FlightAware data shows that the plane was scheduled to depart from ATL at 07:00 EST, but it did not leave until 10:33. About 18 minutes later, it swiftly reached its cruising altitude of 40,000 feet – an altitude that it would not have been capable of reaching if it was a full flight.
About three hours later, it was flying over western Arizona and had begun its descent. N176DN landed at SBD at 11:25 PST. It appears that Delta had planned to retire the aircraft on August 30th, but the flight was canceled, according to flight data.
On that same day, it was ferried from New York as DL9962, which left at 10:46 and arrived at 13:13. Last passenger flight The aircraft’s last revenue flight was on August 29th, originating in Los Angeles. The plane operated a redeye journey as DL915, from Los Angeles International Ai.