Yesterday (July 16), Delta Air Lines flight DL175 bound for Atlanta suffered an engine failure after departure from Milan Malpensa.
Information has been released pertinent to this incident, which we will get into in this article.
Without further ado, let’s get into it…
Engine Failure: Delta Air Lines Flight DL175 Atlanta-Milan Malpensa…
Delta Air Lines flight DL175, which suffered the engine failure, is a routine scheduled flight between Milan Malpensa and Atlanta.
Also, the aircraft involved in the incident is registered as N835MH.
As per data from Planespotters.net, N835MH is a 23.7 year old Boeing 767-400ER that was delivered to the airline in November 2000.
Moreover, of the 767-400ER variant, Delta Air Lines has 21 of them in their fleet, of which all were in active service at the time of the incident.
Furthermore, average fleet age for the variant at the airline stands at 23.6 years.
As well as the 767-400ER, the mainline DL fleet has the following aircraft in their fleet:
- 71 Airbus A220 Family aircraft.
- 57 Airbus A319s.
- 59 Airbus A320s.
- 188 Airbus A321 Family aircraft.
- 70 Airbus A330 Family aircraft.
- 30 Airbus A350 Family aircraft.
- 88 Boeing 717s.
- 240 Boeing 737 Family aircraft.
- 121 Boeing 757 Family aircraft.
- 43 Boeing 767-300 aircraft.
Delta Air Lines flight DL175 departed Milan Malpensa at 1227 local time on July 16 bound for Atlanta, which was when the engine failure occurred.
As per The Aviation Herald, it is understood the aircraft levelled off at 3,000 feet and proceeded to return to the Italian airport.
Data from RadarBox shows that the aircraft landed at 1249 local time, just over 20 minutes after departure.
Aircraft Grounded Following the Incident…
Data from RadarBox highlights that N835MH, the Delta Air Lines Boeing 767-400ER involved in the engine failure on the Milan Malpensa-Atlanta flight, is still grounded following this incident.
At this stage, it is unclear what the extent of the damage to the engine is following the failure.
Furthermore, it is also unclear when the aircraft will be allowed back into commercial service following this.
The aircraft has been grounded for over 24 hours already, with no sign that it will be back in the air immediately.
Reports also state that following the engine failure on departure, the aircraft also suffered a tail strike.
However, investigators have not ruled out the possibility of a bird strike.
Again, it all comes down to damage assessment and what comes through in the maintenance checks.
Overall…
In conclusion, all eyes will be on whether the incident involving Delta Air Lines flight DL175 Milan Malpensa-Atlanta will be investigated officially due to this engine failure on departure.
Furthermore, no word has come yet regarding the timeline of how long it will take to repair the aircraft.
In the case of the airline, the quicker this is repaired, the better, so then they can continue to generate revenue from the aircraft again.
That being said, the re-entry into service can only happen if the aircraft is deemed fit to fly by engineers and maintenance technicians.
As soon as we have more information pertinent to this incident, then we will update you accordingly.
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