DELTA DLIGHT CODE

The plane fell at a rate of around 4,600 feet per minute, according to FlightAware, which a member of an unaffiliated Delta Facebook group noted was about '52 mph towards the ground.' Retired pilot John Cox, a former US Airways captain, wrote that 'airliners can descend over 8,000 feet per minute if needed' during an emergency, in a September 2020 USA Today column.

DELTA DLIGHT CODE

An emergency code was sent to air traffic controllers after the plane descended.

The plane, a Boeing 757, was forced to dive to a safe altitude of 10,000 feet, causing oxygen masks to drop in the cabin to provide passengers with breathable air during the descent, WUSA reported. A Delta flight was forced to make an emergency landing in Denver after rapidly descending due to a loss of cabin pressure, according to WUSA.įlight 339 departed from Atlanta and had been set to make a scheduled landing in Seattle on Monday night before being diverted to the Mile High City due to the in-flight emergency.

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