In the last few moments, a Delta Air Lines Airbus A330 from Barcelona to Boston has declared an emergency.
Information is limited surrounding the incident at hand.
Below is what we know on this so far…
Delta Flight DL251 – Barcelona to Boston…
Delta flight DL251, which declared the emergency, is a routine scheduled flight between Barcelona and Boston.
Furthermore, the aircraft involved in the incident is N824NW.
As per The Aviation Hub Aircraft Search, N824Nw, the Boston-bound aircraft is a 11.3 year old Airbus A330-300 that started out life with the airline back in June 2015.
Of the A330-300 variant, Delta Air Lines has 31 of them in their fleet, of which 28 are in active service, and three are parked, with an average age of 17.7 years.
As well as the A330-300, the airline has the following other aircraft in their mainline fleet:
- 92 Airbus A220s.
- 57 Airbus A319s.
- 41 Airbus A320s.
- 232 Airbus A321s.
- 11 Airbus A330-200s.
- 39 Airbus A330-900neos.
- 41 Airbus A350s.
- 74 Boeing 717s.
- 240 Boeing 737s.
- 87 Boeing 757s.
- 57 Boeing 767s.
In total, the airline, which operates flights to Boston, has 1,002 aircraft in their fleet, of which 966 are in active service, 36 are parked, with an average fleet age of 15 years exactly.
Delta flight DL251, which declared the emergency, departed from Barcelona at 1541 local time, nearly 30 minutes late, but tracked west towards Boston.
As the aircraft was about to begin it’s Atlantic Crossing, it made a u-turn and proceeded to track south-easterly.
The crew then declared an emergency via the 7700 squawk code and chose to divert to Porto, with the Boston flight being affected as a result.
DL251, originally bound for Boston, landed safely into Porto without further incident at just before 1800 Zulu time.
Reason for the Emergency?
At this stage, the reason for the emergency onboard Delta flight DL251 from Barcelona to Boston is unclear.
As soon as we have more information pertinent to the incident at hand, we will update you accordingly.
What we do know is that it is serious enough to broadcast an emergency and choose to divert.
UPDATE #1 @ 2048 UK time – As per @FlightEmergency on X, it is understood the reason for this emergency was due to smoke in the cabin.
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