Delta Boeing 767 Engine Shutdown Leads to Salt Lake City Diversion

Delta Boeing 767 Engine Shutdown Leads to Salt Lake City Diversion

Last week, a Delta Air Lines Boeing 767 operating a flight from New York JFK Airport to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) was compelled to divert to Salt Lake City (SLC) due to an engine shutdown by the crew. This incident grounded the aircraft for approximately a day and a half. Remarkably, by the end of the week, the aircraft resumed operations, handling both domestic and international routes, which highlights the adaptability of Delta’s Boeing 767-300ER fleet despite its age.

Transcontinental Diversion Details

Delta Air Lines flight DL365 is a daily scheduled service departing New York at 17:00 local time, expected to arrive in Los Angeles at 20:34. The flight’s block time, considering the time zone difference, is six hours and 34 minutes, though this incident extended it considerably.

On September 10, an engine failure on the Boeing 767 caused its crew to shut down the left-hand PW4060 turbofan at 36,000 feet, approximately 90 nautical miles north of Salt Lake City. The aircraft made an emergency landing at SLC’s 3,658-meter runway 16L at 20:35 local time, about half an hour post-incident.

Details About the Aircraft

The aircraft, with the registration N178DN, is part of Delta’s fleet of 61 Boeing 767s, which includes 21 aged approximately 24.8 years and 40 others about 29.2 years old. N178DN, one of the older Boeing 767-300ERs at 34.7 years, was delivered to Delta in 1991. The twinjet accommodates 36 business and 175 economy-class passengers.

Delta Air Lines Overview

The engine problem was expedited for resolution, allowing the aircraft to reposition back to JFK as flight DL9963 on September 12 and continue operations with a flight to Prague later that same day.