Delta MD88 near Atlanta on Dec 1st 2015, engine shut down in flight

Last Update: December 2, 2015 / 21:30:05 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 1, 2015

Classification
Incident

Flight number
DL-2647

Aircraft Registration
N911DL

ICAO Type Designator
MD88

A Delta Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-88, registration N911DL performing flight DL-2647 from Atlanta,GA to Miami,FL (USA), was climbing through FL260 out of Atlanta when the crew reported the failure and shut down of the right hand engine (JT8D) and returned to Atlanta for a safe landing about 40 minutes after departure.

A replacement MD-88 registration N902DE reached Miami with a delay of 2.5 hours.

A passenger reported they "had a blown out engine" and stated "for this frequent flyer it was a new and scary event". The crew was great. The passenger added, that the occurrence aircraft had already been a replacement for the original aircraft that had a mechanical issue.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 1, 2015

Classification
Incident

Flight number
DL-2647

Aircraft Registration
N911DL

ICAO Type Designator
MD88

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