Fun in the Skies Continued

If getting groped by strangers isn't fun enough, and who says it isn't, Delta had much more fun this weekend with three, count em three, engine mishaps, and oh yea, the tail scraped on emergency landing. Happy Thanksgiving! - HLG

Three Delta passenger planes forced to make emergency landings within an hour of each other after engine problemsBy Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 8:08 AM on 22nd November 2010
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Two Delta Airlines passenger planes carrying 400 people were forced to make emergency landings within an hour of each other yesterday due to engine troubles.
Delta Flight 30 from New York to Moscow returned safely to JFK International Airport after an engine problem was detected shortly after take-off.
The jet carrying 200 people landed at around 5.45pm local time.
Less than one hour later, Delta Flight 125 bound for Los Angeles had to return to Hartsfield-Jackson Airport in Atlanta, Georgia, after declaring an engine failure.
Separate incidents: Two Delta Airlines Boeing 767s were forced to make emergency landings yesterday due to engine problems (file picture)

The plane, also a Boeing 767 carrying 190 passengers and 11 crew, scraped its tail upon landing at 6.40pm, according to the Federal Aviation Administration, but taxied to the gate without assistance.

There were no reports of injuries in either incident.
FAA spokeswoman Holly Baker said earlier reports of a fire one of the wings of the Boeing 767 that landed at JFK were incorrect.
She said the plane had taken off from the airport and was en route to Moscow when it reported engine problems and turned back.

More than 100 firefighters rushed to that scene.
The air traffic control tower at JFK International Airport. Delta Flight 30 from New York to Moscow reported engine problems shortly after take-off and turned back

The New York Fire Department said it had dispatched 25 units and 106 firefighters to the airport after reports came in shortly after 5pm that the airborne jet was on fire and dumping fuel.

Long-haul aircraft that are forced to land shortly after take-off must dump almost their entire fuel load before landing, otherwise the undercarriage cannot support the extra weight.
Delta didn't immediately respond to a call requesting