Delta Airlines flight makes emergency landing

July 22, 2010

Delta Air Lines flight 1457 departing from made an emergency landing after it blew out a tire during take-off. The flight was destined to, Oregon. There are no injuries reported at this time.

The  departed from  Thursday afternoon. The flight was carrying approximately 160 passengers and six crew members. spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen said that the flight turned around when the flight crew noticed the blown out tire. The flight was forced to go into a holding pattern to burn off fuel for more than an hour before it landed. The 737 landed safely at around 1500 local time (2000 UTC).

Delta did not immediately return calls inquiring about the flight. After some time Delta Spokesperson Anthony Black told the Associated Press that the 160 passengers on board would be put on a future flight to Portland.