A Boeing 767-400 aircraft, the plane was headed to Atlanta with 226 passengers and nine crew members on board. A probe is underway,.
An engine of a Delta Air Lines plane caught fire shortly after takeoff on Friday, July 18. No injuries were reported as the flight (DL446) made a safe emergency landing at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).
A Boeing 767-400 aircraft, the plane was headed to Atlanta with 226 passengers and nine crew members onboard.
Delta plane makes emergency landing after engine bursts into flames following takeoff pic.twitter.com/zia7Pa3hvi
— New York Post (@nypost) July 20, 2025
While an investigation is underway, Flightradar24 data shows that the aircraft was crossing the Pacific Ocean before circling back over the Downey and Paramount areas and the plane maintained stable altitude and speed throughout the flight.
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(Edited by : Shoma bhattacharjee)
