Delta B744 near Thunder Bay on Apr 29th 2012, losscomm

Last Update: April 30, 2012 / 14:12:04 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 29, 2012

Flight number
DL-275

Aircraft Registration
N672US

Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400

ICAO Type Designator
B744

A Delta Airlines Boeing 747-400, registration N672US performing flight DL-275 from Detroit,MI (USA) to Tokyo Narita (Japan) with 296 passengers, was enroute at FL300 when radio contact with air traffic control was lost prompting the crew to squawk loss of communication (losscomm). After attempts to resolve the problem had failed about 60nm south of Thunder Bay,ON (Canada), still in US airspace, the crew decided to return to Detroit, where the aircraft landed safely on runway 04L, still squawking losscomm, about 110 minutes after the problem arose.

A replacement Boeing 747-400 registration N675NW is estimated to reach Tokyo as flight DL-275A with a delay of 18 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 29, 2012

Flight number
DL-275

Aircraft Registration
N672US

Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400

ICAO Type Designator
B744

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