Delta flight to Baltimore forced to make emergency landing at RDU

A Delta flight headed from Atlanta to Baltimore was forced to make an emergency landing at Raleigh-Durham International Airport due to a mechanical issue, according to airport scanners.

Posted 7:11 p.m. Jul 8, 2019 — Updated 9:29 p.m. Jul 8, 2019

Sarah Krueger, WRAL reporter

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Robbie Vaglio, WRAL.com intern

MORRISVILLE, N.C. — A Delta flight bound for Baltimore was forced to make an emergency landing Monday afternoon at Raleigh-Durham International Airport because of a possible issue with one of the plane's engines, authorities said.

Flight 1425 left Atlanta at 12:48 p.m and was scheduled to land at Baltimore Washington International Airport shortly after 2 p.m. but the pilots received an indication that something may have been wrong with one of the plane's engine.

"That's scary, but it happens," Ryan Erwin, a passenger at RDU Monday, said. "I also drive a lot and that's also very dangerous."

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"The flight crew of Delta flight 1425 from Atlanta to Baltimore elected to divert to Raleigh, N.C., out of an abundance of caution after receiving an indication of a possible issue with one of the aircraft's engines," a Delta spokesperson said via email. "The flight landed without incident and customers will be re-accommodated on an alternate aircraft."

Erwin said that "everything looked fine" in the terminal after the emergency landing.

The MD-88 aircraft was carrying 148 passengers, officials said.

Officials have not yet publicly disclosed the cause of the malfunction.

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