A Delta Connection flight from Pasco declared an emergency whilst on the descent into Salt Lake City.
Information is limited surrounding the incident at hand.
Below is what we know on this so far.
Delta Connection DL3910 Pasco-Salt Lake City…
Delta Connection flight DL3910 Pasco-Salt Lake City, which declared the emergency, is a routine scheduled flight operated by SkyWest Airlines.
Furthermore, the aircraft involved in the incident is N323SY.
As per data from Planespotters.net, N323SY is a 3.2 year old Embraer E175 that was delivered to SkyWest back in November 2022.
Of the E175 variant, SkyWest Airlines has 270 of them in their fleet.
Moreover, of the 270, 262 are in active service, with eight parked, offering an average fleet age of 7.4 years.
As well as the E175, SkyWest Airlines has the following other aircraft in their fleet:
- 127 Bombardier CRJ-200s.
- 136 Bombardier CRJ-700s.
- 66 Bombardier CRJ-900s.
- 1 Embraer E170.
In total, the group has around 600 aircraft in their fleet, of which 485 are in active service, 115 are parked, and the average fleet age is 14.7 years.
Delta Connection flight DL3910 from Pasco, which declared the emergency on the descent to Salt Lake City, departed from it’s origin field at 0625 local time on January 1, 2026.
Everything was normal in the flight until the descent phase into SLC.
Whilst descending through FL200, the crew onboard squawked the emergency code of 7700, to signify that there is an issue onboard the aircraft.
From there, the descent continued, and the aircraft was given a priority landing into Salt Lake City, which it did so without further incident at 0842 local time.
Reason for the Emergency Unclear…
At this stage, the reason for the emergency onboard Delta Connection flight DL3910 Pasco-Salt Lake City is unclear.
Information will no doubt be released in the coming hours and days regarding what happened.
As soon as we have more information pertinent to the issue at hand, then we will update you accordingly.
This will remain a developing story until such updates arrive.
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