{"id":625579,"date":"2026-09-15T18:34:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T18:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/625579\/"},"modified":"2026-09-15T18:34:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T18:34:09","slug":"delta-dl45-to-jfk-is-declaring-an-emergency-after-u-turn-over-atlantic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/625579\/","title":{"rendered":"Delta DL45 to JFK is declaring an emergency after U-turn over Atlantic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A New York-bound Delta Air Lines flight was forced to make an abrupt U-turn over the Atlantic Ocean on Tuesday after declaring an inflight emergency shortly after departure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DUBLIN \u2014 Delta Flight <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airnavradar.com\/data\/flights\/DL45\/2880409427\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">DL45<\/a>, operated by a Boeing 767-300ER (registration N172DZ), departed Dublin Airport (DUB) at 1:15 PM IST on its scheduled transatlantic journey to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK). After climbing to a cruising altitude of 35,000 feet and beginning its oceanic transit, the aircraft encountered an undisclosed issue approximately 90 minutes into the flight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Flight tracking data showed the wide-body jet executing a sharp turn back toward Ireland while broadcasting a squawk 7700 code, the international signal used by air traffic controllers and pilots to indicate a general emergency.<\/p>\n<p>Flight InformationDetailsFlight NumberDelta Air Lines DL45RouteDublin (DUB) to New York (JFK)AircraftBoeing 767-300ER (Reg: N172DZ)Departure Time1:15 PM ISTEmergency CodeSquawk 7700Expected Arrival Back at DUBApprox. 4:15 PM IST<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Air traffic control prioritised the returning jet for an immediate diversion back to <a href=\"https:\/\/cam.airlive.net\/dub\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dublin Airport<\/a>, where emergency ground crews were placed on standby ahead of its anticipated landing around 4:15 PM IST.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The flight is returning to Dublin due to a medical emergency on abord.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">UPDATE 16:19 IST<br \/>Touch down on runway 28L.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">UPDATE 16:27 IST<br \/>Taxied to gate 306 of terminal 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A New York-bound Delta Air Lines flight was forced to make an abrupt U-turn over the Atlantic Ocean&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":625580,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[72,179009,265652,151678,61,60,265653],"class_list":["post-625579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-dl","tag-dl45","tag-dub","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-n172dz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=625579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625579\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/625580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=625579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=625579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=625579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}