Delta Air Lines said on Thursday it will pause its flights between New York-JFK and Tel Aviv through Dec. 31, due to escalating security concerns in the Middle East. The airline said a travel waiver has been issued and urged customers to be prepared for possible adjustments to its Tel Aviv flight schedule, including additional cancellations on a rolling basis. Concerns over a wider conflict in the Middle East have prompted international airlines to suspend flights to the region and avoid affected air spaces.<br/>
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The FAA is investigating a Delta Air Lines flight after pressurization issues caused some passengers to say they suffered ruptured eardrums and nosebleeds and forced the plane to turn around. On Sunday, the flight, a Boeing 737-900, was traveling from Salt Lake City, Utah, to Portland, Oregon, when it was forced to make an emergency landing back in Salt Lake City due to pressurization issues. Speaking to KSLTV, one passenger, Caryn Allen, said she looked over and noticed her husband was leaning forward in his seat and had both of his hands over his ears. Allen then noticed other passengers in pain too, saying: “I looked about a row behind me over on the other side of the aisle and there was a gentleman that clearly had a very bad bloody nose and people were trying to help him.” Similarly, another passenger, Jaci Purser, told the TV station that she felt like somebody was stabbing her ear and that she felt her ear pop. “I grabbed my ear and I pulled my hand back and there was blood on it,” Purser said. Following the emergency landing, paramedics identified at least 10 out of the 140 passengers on board who needed medical attention and Delta offered to pay for the transportation to the hospital. In a statement following the incident, Delta said: “We sincerely apologize to our customers for their experience on flight 1203 on September 15. The flight crew followed procedures to return to SLC where our teams on the ground supported our customers with their immediate needs,” KSLTV reported.<br/>
A US woman is permanently scarred after flying with Delta Air Lines, according to a new federal lawsuit that says a flight attendant served her dangerously hot coffee that spilled onto her, leaving her with first- and second-degree burns. During the Delta flight from Paris to Seattle on December 15, 2023, Cheryl Myers was watching a movie when a flight attendant put a cup of coffee on a slanted tray table, and the cup spilled, a complaint filed September 19 in US District Court for the Western District of Washington says. The “boiling” hot liquid landed on her left hip, side and stomach, causing Myers extreme pain and injuries, according to the complaint, which shows a photo of severe, blistered burns. When Myers notified flight attendants, they were “dismissive and displayed a lack of concern for [her], telling her to ‘just go change’ and handing her a bag of ice,” the lawsuit says. Myers repeatedly pleaded with the flight crew for medical help, according to the complaint, and showed a flight attendant her burns inside a bathroom. Afterward, she received a pain reliever and a bandage, “which became embedded in her wounds”, the lawsuit says.<br/>