Why are flights suddenly cancelled?
Flight cancellations can be caused by a variety of factors, such as bad weather, strikes, or technical issues with the aircraft. Many major airlines including Delta, American, United, Spirit, Frontier and Allegiant were all reporting issues with their computer systems on Friday, leading to thousands of canceled flights and tens of thousands of delayed ones. But Southwest reported that its operations were completely unaffected.
Which airline has never had a crash?
Hawaiian Airlines is the oldest airline in the world that has never experienced an accident. Of course, the company has had its fair share of safety-related incidents. In 2000, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10 overran a runway in Tahiti. According to the AirAdvisor Airline Safety Score, Alaska Airlines, Allegiant Air, American Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines, Southwest Airlines, Spirit Airlines, and United Airlines are all the safest. Each had a perfect accident record in 2022 and had no reported incidents based on data from IATA.Compared to last year’s list, there have been significant changes, with HK Express claiming the top spot. The airline have not had any serious incidents and maintain a relatively flawless safety record. New additions to the list include Zipair, Jet2, and Air Baltic.
Where did the Delta flights crash from?
Delta Connection Flight 4819 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport in the United States to Toronto Pearson International Airport in Canada that crashed upon landing on February 17, 2025. Passengers evacuate Delta plane after engine fire Video on social media shows smoke and flames rising from the right engine, and passengers exiting the aircraft down inflatable emergency slides. Delta flight 1213 was set to depart Orlando, famous as the home of Disneyworld, for Atlanta with almost 300 people on board.Passengers evacuate plane after Delta flight aborts takeoff in AtlantaThe plane was carrying 201 passengers and seven crew members. Hundreds of passengers were forced to evacuate on slides during a snowstorm after their Delta flight aborted takeoff from Atlanta due to an engine issue Friday morning, the airline said.Return to normal operations (July 25) On July 25, Delta reported to have returned to normal flight operations, after having to cancel nearly 7,000 flights.