A Delta Air Lines flight from Los Angeles International Airport bound for Sydney on Saturday was forced to return after smoke was detected on board. The flight, DL43, which took off shortly after 9:00 p.m., returned to LAX around 30 minutes later, according to data from FlightAware. The Airbus A350-900 aircraft landed safely and the plane proceeded to an arrival gate, Delta said in a statement to CNN. The 162 passengers on board are being reaccommodated on a different flight. “Nothing is more important than the safety of our customers and people,” the statement said. “That’s why the flight crew followed established procedures to return to Los Angeles (LAX) after smoke was detected in the galley. We apologize to our customers for the delay in their travels.” Upon landing, there was no smoke in the cockpit, but pilots requested medical attention for passengers who may have been affected by smoke, according to audio from LiveATC.net.<br/>
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Delta Air Lines is defending the qualifications of the pilots involved in Endeavor Air flight 4819, which erupted in flames and overturned following a hard landing in Toronto, as it battles “disinformation” about the accident. “Endeavor Air and Delta are correcting disinformation in social media containing false and misleading assertions about the flight crew,” the Atlanta-headquartered carrier said on 20 February. Delta says that both flight deck crew are “qualified and FAA certified for their positions”. The 17 February accident – which all 80 passenger aboard the regional jet survived – is the latest aviation safety incident to grab the North American flying public’s attention, following the deadly collision of a PSA Airlines MHIRJ CRJ700 and a US Army helicopter in Washington, DC. The captain of the CRJ900 involved in the fiery landing at Toronto Pearson International airport was hired in 2007 by Mesaba Airlines, ”a progenitor company of Endeavor Air”, Delta says, and has served both as a captain and in pilot-training capacities. “Assertions that he failed training events are false,” the airline says. “Assertions that he failed to flow into a pilot position at Delta Air Lines due to training failures are also false.” The first officer was hired by Endeavor in January 2024, and her flight requirements “exceeded the minimum requirements set by US federal regulations” Delta adds. ”Assertions that she failed training events are false.” <br/>
A fire in the grounds of Kenya's main international airport in Nairobi on Friday evening was not near the airstrip, had not disrupted flights and was being contained, Kenya Airways said. Emergency response teams were on-site battling a grassland fire in a northern part of the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport compound, the Kenya Red Cross wrote on X. "The fire is not close to the runway. There's not been any flight disruptions. They have managed to contain part of it," said Henry Okatch, a Kenya Airways spokesperson.<br/>