Investigators say a high-speed descent led to a landing gear collapse that caused a Delta Air Lines plane to flip upside down ...
A descent greater than 600 feet per minute is considered a “hard landing,” according to the manual. Just before the crash, the plane was descending at 1,100 feet per minute, the report said.
The plane’s right wing and right main landing gear broke apart from the aircraft during the Feb. 17 crash-landing, according to preliminary findings GEOFF ROBINS/AFP via Getty Delta Flight ...
No one was injured in the incident involving a Delta Connection flight that was making a “go-around” due to an approach ...
A preliminary report into the Delta Air Lines flight that flipped upside down in a crash landing at Toronto's Pearson International Airport last month shows the plane had been descending at a high ...
and the right wing broke between the landing gear and fuselage, which is the central part of the plane. When the wing detached, 6,000 pounds of jet fuel onboard sprayed out leading to a fire and ...