audidudi wrote:

Narfish641 wrote:

Major engine fire for an A330-300 in ATL. Took off for LHR and 20-30 mins. in flight the right engine caught fire. The aircraft safely landed and they had the trucks come out to foam it out. I have a link to another thread where there are links to the images/ video are provided by the thread starter in that thread.

I'm not too sure what reg.# it is. But judging by the engines, they look like the PW4000 engines. Crazy incident.

Link to the other thread:

https://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1391953

Usually the easiest way to find the reg # is by typing the flight # on FR24 (not on FlightAware!) However FR24 says it was N822NW, whereas FlightAware says it was N806NW. Why the discrepancy?

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/n822nw

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N806NW

Was N822 subbed in to replace N806, perhaps?

In other news, I noticed 3508 is scheduled to operate the inaugural 350 service on DTW-PVG.

audidudi wrote:

Narfish641 wrote:

Major engine fire for an A330-300 in ATL. Took off for LHR and 20-30 mins. in flight the right engine caught fire. The aircraft safely landed and they had the trucks come out to foam it out. I have a link to another thread where there are links to the images/ video are provided by the thread starter in that thread.

I'm not too sure what reg.# it is. But judging by the engines, they look like the PW4000 engines. Crazy incident.

Link to the other thread:

https://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1391953

Usually the easiest way to find the reg # is by typing the flight # on FR24 (not on FlightAware!) However FR24 says it was N822NW, whereas FlightAware says it was N806NW. Why the discrepancy?

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/n822nw

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N806NW

Like I mentioned in the main thread, FR24 is only showing the aircraft assigned to the current flight. 3306 was the incident aircraft, and 3322 is the rescue flight. 3322 is actually in the air now going to London.

Narfish641 wrote:

audidudi wrote:

Narfish641 wrote:

Major engine fire for an A330-300 in ATL. Took off for LHR and 20-30 mins. in flight the right engine caught fire. The aircraft safely landed and they had the trucks come out to foam it out. I have a link to another thread where there are links to the images/ video are provided by the thread starter in that thread.

I'm not too sure what reg.# it is. But judging by the engines, they look like the PW4000 engines. Crazy incident.

Link to the other thread:

https://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1391953

Usually the easiest way to find the reg # is by typing the flight # on FR24 (not on FlightAware!) However FR24 says it was N822NW, whereas FlightAware says it was N806NW. Why the discrepancy?

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/n822nw

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N806NW

Yeah.... Most likely can't trust FlightAware for everything lol. Rookie mistake and lesson learned lol. XD

Except this time FlightAware was correct, and FR24 was incorrect! I'm not sure "Rookie mistake and lesson learned lol" refers to here, and what it has to do with my post, but maybe YOU just learned something here! LOL!

Noteworthy Aircraft Activity 4/18
763ER-high J: unscheduled swap from low-J on AMS-BOS route (N175DN)
763ER-high J: unscheduled swap from low-J on BOS-AMS route (N176DN)
763ER-high J: unscheduled swap from low-J on AMS-JFK route (N179DN)
763ER-high J: GRU-JFK cancelled - tech (N184DN)
763ER-high J: unscheduled swap from low-J on CDG-BOS-CDG route (N1603)
763ER-high J: NRT-SIN route migrates from low-J effective 4/18 (N1612T)
763ER-low J: unscheduled swap from high-J on ATL-STR-ATL route (N154DL)
763ER-low J: AMA-SLC ferry flight - paint exit [12 days] (N181DN)
763ER-low J: MCO-ATL ferry flight - aircraft repositioning (N189DN)
763ER-low J: unscheduled upgrade from 752 on MSP-SEA-MSP-DEN-MSP route (N195DN)
763ER-low J: SLC-AMA ferry flight - paint entry (N197DN)
763ER-low J: unscheduled swap from high-J on FRA-DTW-FRA route (N178DZ)
764: CAN-NRT ferry flight - maintenance exit [18 days] (N837MH)
772: ATL-MSP ferry flight - aircraft repositioning (N866DA)
772: SEA-TCM-FAI-SEA military charter (N867DA)
77L: scheduled upgrade from M88 on ATL-DTW route (N704DK)
77L: unscheduled swap from 333 on DTW-CDG route (N704DK)
333: ATL-LHR flight diverted to ATL - engine failure (N822NW)
333: ATL-NKT-RIV-TCM-IND-ATL military charter (N826NW)
333: unscheduled upgrade from 332 on ATL-CDG-ATL route (N827NW)
359: scheduled swap from 333 on DTW-AMS-DTW route (N507DN)

Anyone know why DL 39 was so late leaving for Hong Kong this afternoon. It was still at A12 at SeaTac at almost 1600.

hkcanadaexpat wrote:

Noteworthy Aircraft Activity 4/18
333: ATL-LHR flight diverted to ATL - engine failure (N822NW)

I'm not sure why this keeps getting misreported, but the aircraft involved was N806NW, not N822NW, which was the substitute aircraft which flew DL30 from ATL>LHR Wednesday night, eventually departing about 4 1/2 hrs late!

Noteworthy Aircraft Activity 4/19
763: unscheduled upgrade from 321 on ATL-MCO-ATL route (N1402A)
763ER-high J: unscheduled swap from low-J on BOS-CDG route (N183DN)
763ER-high J: GRU-JFK ferry flight following previous day cancellation (N184DN)
763ER-high J: ATL-BRU route migrates from low-J effective 4/19 (N174DZ)
763ER-high J: unscheduled swap from low-J on SLC-AMS-BOS (N1604R)
763ER-low J: unscheduled swap from high-J on ATL-STR-ATL route (N154DL)
763ER-low J: unscheduled swap from high-J on ATL-FRA route (N181DN)
763ER-low J: CVG-CDG route migrates from high-J effective 4/19 (N188DN)
763ER-low J: EWR-CDG route migrates from high-J effective 4/19 (N171DZ)
764: unscheduled upgrade from 739 on ATL-SEA route - maintenance swap (N827MH)
764: unscheduled upgrade from 763ER-high J on SEA-NRT route - maintenance swap (N827MH)
764: seasonal ATL-BCN flight inaugurated on 4/19 (N832MH)
764: unscheduled upgrade from 763ER-high J on NRT-SEA route - maintenance swap (N837MH)
764: unscheduled upgrade from 739 on SEA-ATL route - maintenance swap (N837MH)
772: MSP-CDG route migrates from 333 effective 4/19 (N860DA)
77L: unscheduled swap from 772 on CDG-MSP route (N704DK)
77L: scheduled additional DTW-ATL flight (N707DN)
77L: RMS-KWI-XJD-HHN-MSP-SLZ-ATL military charter (N710DN)
333: PVG-NRT ferry flight - maintenance exit [38 days] (N813NW)
333: unscheduled upgrade from 332 on ATL-CDG-ATL route (N827NW)
359: DTW-PVG migrates from 77L on alternate days effective 4/19 (N508DN)

Noteworthy Aircraft Activity 4/20
763ER-high J: unscheduled swap from low-J on BOS-CDG route (N171DN)
763ER-high J: unscheduled swap from low-J on CDG-BOS-AMS route (N183DN)
763ER-high J: unscheduled upgrade from 321 on ATL-BOS-ATL route (N186DN)
763ER-high J: unscheduled swap from low-J on SLC-AMS (N1603)
763ER-low J: unscheduled swap from high-J on ATL-FRA route (N154DL)
763ER-low J: unscheduled swap from high-J on FRA-DTW-FRA route (N181DN)
763ER-low J: RDU-CDG route migrates from high-J effective 4/20 (N188DN)
763ER-low J: unscheduled swap from high-J on JFK-LAX-JFK route (N175DZ)
763ER-low J: unscheduled upgrade from 753 on MCO-DTW-MCO route (N177DZ)
764: NRT-CAN ferry flight - maintenance entry (N827MH)
764: unscheduled downgrade from 77L on ATL-LAX-ATL route (N831MH)
77L: unscheduled swap from 772 on MSP-HND route (N704DK)
333: NRT-DTW ferry flight - maintenance swap (N813NW)
333: DTW-ATL ferry flight - aircraft repositioning (N816NW)
333: unscheduled upgrade from 332 on ATL-CDG-ATL route (N831NW)

Noteworthy Aircraft Activity 4/21
763ER-high J: unscheduled swap from low-J on CDG-BOS-AMS route (N171DN)
763ER-high J: unscheduled swap from low-J on MSP-HNL-MSP route (N175DN)
763ER-high J: unscheduled swap from low-J on AMS-BOS-CDG (N1603)
763ER-low J: unscheduled swap from high-J on FRA-DTW-FRA route (N154DL)
763ER-low J: unscheduled swap from high-J on FRA-JFK route (N181DN)
763ER-low J: unscheduled upgrade from 752 on JFK-ATL route - maintenance swap (N394DL)
763ER-low J: unscheduled upgrade from 752 on ATL-JFK route - maintenance swap (N189DN)
772: MSP-DTW ferry flight - aircraft repositioning (N866DA)
77L: unscheduled swap from 772 on LAX-HND-LAX route (N704DK)
333: ATL-NKT-RIV-MSP military charter (N827NW)
333: unscheduled upgrade from 332 on ATL-CDG-ATL route (N831NW)
359: ICN-DTW flight cancelled - tech (N502DN)

Does anyone have any info as to why N502DN went tech at ICN between arriving at 3.45am last Saturday and before its schedule departure back to DTW at 10.35am the same day? According to the usual sources it's still at ICN more than three days later!

audidudi wrote:

Does anyone have any info as to why N502DN went tech at ICN between arriving at 3.45am last Saturday and before its schedule departure back to DTW at 10.35am the same day? According to the usual sources it's still at ICN more than three days later!

Now it looks like it's finally ferrying from ICN>DTW tomorrow evening:

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/DAL9858

audidudi wrote:

Does anyone have any info as to why N502DN went tech at ICN between arriving at 3.45am last Saturday and before its schedule departure back to DTW at 10.35am the same day? According to the usual sources it's still at ICN more than three days later!

I’m curios on this one too.

Also, any updates on 863DA and the Delta One upgrade? It seems to still be in Singapore over two months later.

G500Captain wrote:

audidudi wrote:

Does anyone have any info as to why N502DN went tech at ICN between arriving at 3.45am last Saturday and before its schedule departure back to DTW at 10.35am the same day? According to the usual sources it's still at ICN more than three days later!

I’m curios on this one too.

Also, any updates on 863DA and the Delta One upgrade? It seems to still be in Singapore over two months later.

7003 is now undergoing STC activities. This could take up to 30-60 days. Once completed, it will fly to MSP for an FDA inspection.

777Mech wrote:

G500Captain wrote:

audidudi wrote:

Does anyone have any info as to why N502DN went tech at ICN between arriving at 3.45am last Saturday and before its schedule departure back to DTW at 10.35am the same day? According to the usual sources it's still at ICN more than three days later!

I’m curios on this one too.

Also, any updates on 863DA and the Delta One upgrade? It seems to still be in Singapore over two months later.

7003 is now undergoing STC activities. This could take up to 30-60 days. Once completed, it will fly to MSP for an FDA inspection.

So 3-4 months for this? Wow.

Noteworthy Aircraft Activity 4/22
763: unscheduled upgrade from 321 on ATL-MCO-ATL route (N140LL)
763ER-high J: unscheduled swap from low-J on BOS-CDG route (N182DN)
763ER-high J: unscheduled swap from low-J on SLC-AMS route (N185DN)
763ER-high J: BRU-ATL flight cancelled - tech (N1200K)
763ER-low J: JFK-LAX 8am rotation migrates from high-J effective 4/20 (N181DN)
763ER-low J: unscheduled swap from high-J on ATL-SCL route (N394DL)
764: ATL-MUC commercial flight - maintenance exit [7 days] (N844MH)
772: unscheduled swap from 359 on DTW-NRT-DTW route (N866DA)
77L: unscheduled swap from 772 on HND-MSP route (N704DK)
333: unscheduled upgrade from 332 on ATL-LHR-ATL route (N831NW)

Noteworthy Aircraft Activity 4/23
763ER-high J: BRU-ATL ferry flight following previous day cancellation (N1200K)
763ER-high J: BOS-ATL ferry flight - aircraft repositioning (N1603)
763ER-low J: ATL-BOS ferry flight - maintenance exit L-to-Z [7 days] (N1605)
77L: unscheduled swap from 772 on MSP-HND route (N704DK)
77L: ATL-DTW ferry flight - aircraft repositioning (N710DN)
77L: unscheduled swap from 359 on DTW-NRT-DTW route (N710DN)
333: unscheduled upgrade from 332 on ATL-CDG-ATL route (N831NW)
359: ATL-ICN flight diverted to MSP - medical (N501DN)

777Mech wrote:

G500Captain wrote:

audidudi wrote:

Does anyone have any info as to why N502DN went tech at ICN between arriving at 3.45am last Saturday and before its schedule departure back to DTW at 10.35am the same day? According to the usual sources it's still at ICN more than three days later!

I’m curios on this one too.

Also, any updates on 863DA and the Delta One upgrade? It seems to still be in Singapore over two months later.

7003 is now undergoing STC activities. This could take up to 30-60 days. Once completed, it will fly to MSP for an FDA inspection.

So, how long until we should start seeing the first photos from inside the new cabin?

NateGreat wrote:

777Mech wrote:

G500Captain wrote:

I’m curios on this one too.

Also, any updates on 863DA and the Delta One upgrade? It seems to still be in Singapore over two months later.

7003 is now undergoing STC activities. This could take up to 30-60 days. Once completed, it will fly to MSP for an FDA inspection.

So, how long until we should start seeing the first photos from inside the new cabin?

My best guess would be at the earliest, around the 1st of June.

I'm not so sure DL is going to put a lot of fanfare on this occasion, because there's only one ship completed and some folks might come to expect the suites on all of the 777s. I'm not even sure when the next 777 is going to Singapore, though I do know that it will be a 77L this time.

Will the 777 with the D1 Suites be 1-2-1 correct? This will be quite the upgrade for the 777's with the old herringbone DeltaOne seats.

Cant wait to see the updated 777's with the D1 Suites. (That being said also excited for the 767-400ER's to get them installed).

Noteworthy Aircraft Activity 4/24
763: unscheduled upgrade from 752 on ATL-MCO-ATL route (N140LL)
332: ATL-CDG commercial flight - maintenance exit [11 days] (N860NW)
764: unscheduled upgrade from 752 on JFK-LAX-JFK route (N835MH)
764: ILN-ATL ferry flight - maintenance exit [16 days] (N836MH)
764: ATL-ILN ferry flight - maintenance entry (N840MH)
77L: unscheduled swap from 772 on HND-LAX-HND route (N704DK)
77L: DTW-ATL ferry flight - aircraft repositioning (N710DN)
359: ICN-DTW ferry flight following cancellation on 4/21 (N502DN)

hkcanadaexpat wrote:

Noteworthy Aircraft Activity 4/24
359: ICN-DTW ferry flight following cancellation on 4/21 (N502DN)

While I was in the KE Lounge at ICN yesterday, I heard a couple of announcements concerning a delay on the departure of DL158A, operated by N502DN, which I could see parked off stand. As mentioned, the flight # was DL158A, so it wasn't a ferry flight after all, as I reported in my reply # 360 above! There were certainly a few Americans in the Lounge who were still there when I left for my 8pm flight, so I assume they were on the A350. No one has reported here or on other forums as to what the problem was that caused it to go tech at ICN! Anyone know?

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N502DN

Noteworthy Aircraft Activity 4/25
763: unscheduled upgrade from 752 on ATL-MSP-ATL route (N1402A)
763ER-low J: ATL-SLC ferry flight - aircraft repositioning (N394DL)
763ER-low J: unscheduled upgrade from 753 on MSP-LAX-MSP route (N190DN)
763ER-low J: unscheduled swap from high-J on NRT-SIN-NRT route (N1602)
772: unscheduled swap from 359 on DTW-NRT-DTW route (N866DA)
77L: unscheduled swap from 772 on HND-MSP-CDG route (N704DK)
333: ATL-DTW ferry flight - aircraft repositioning (N829NW)

Noteworthy Aircraft Activity 4/26
763ER-high J: unscheduled swap from low-J on JFK-LAX-JFK route (N171DN)
763ER-low J: unscheduled upgrade from 752 on JFK-ATL route (N181DN)
763ER-low J: CDG-EWR diverted to YYT - medical (N394DL)
763ER-low J: unscheduled upgrade from 752 on ATL-JFK route - maintenance exit L-to-Z [11 days] (N172DZ)
763ER-low J: JFK-BOS ferry flight - aircraft repositioning (N173DZ)
772: unscheduled swap from 359 on DTW-AMS-DTW (N866DA)
77L: unscheduled swap from 772 on CDG-MSP route (N704DK)
77L: unscheduled swap from 333 on ATL-GRU-ATL route (N708DN)
333: BOS-AMS flight cancelled - tech (N801NW)
333: ATL-BOS ferry flight - aircraft repositioning (N805NW)

Noteworthy Aircraft Activity 4/27
763ER-high J: unscheduled swap from low-J on JFK-LAX-JFK route (N171DN)
763ER-high J: unscheduled upgrade from 752 on ATL-MSP-ATL route (N183DN)
763ER-high J: unscheduled upgrade from 321 on ATL-BOS-ATL route (N184DN)
763ER-low J: ATL-BRU migrates from high-J effective 4/27 (N181DN)
763ER-low J: AMS-BOS ferry flight following previous day cancellation (N176DZ)
763ER-low J: BOS-ATL ferry flight - aircraft repositioning (N176DZ)
772: unscheduled swap from 359 on DTW-AMS-DTW (N866DA)
77L: unscheduled swap from 772 on MSP-HND route (N704DK)

N502DN has been sitting in DTW for 5 days after the return from ICN.

Noteworthy Aircraft Activity 4/28
763ER-high J: unscheduled upgrade from low-J on ATL-BRU-ATL route (N184DN)
763ER-low J: unscheduled upgrade from 752 on LAX-ATL-LAX route (N194DN)
763ER-low J: scheduled additional NRT-SEA-NRT rotation (N195DN)
763ER-low J: ATL-JFK ferry flight - aircraft repositioning (N173DZ)
332: ATL-DTW ferry flight - aircraft repositioning (N851NW)
772: SEA-HKG flight cancelled - tech (N861DA)
772: unscheduled swap from 359 on DTW-AMS-DTW (N866DA)
77L: unscheduled swap from 772 on HND-LAX-HND route (N704DK)
333: BOS-ATL ferry flight - aircraft repositioning (N801NW)
333: DTW-ATL ferry flight - aircraft repositioning (N816NW)
333: unscheduled upgrade from 332 on ATL-LHR-ATL route (N823NW)

ap305 wrote:

N502DN has been sitting in DTW for 5 days after the return from ICN.

I never did get a reply as to why it went tech for 3 days at ICN one week ago, and then spent another 5 days at DTW. I'm certain that someone on here knows what happened! It's now scheduled to return to service this afternoon.

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N502DN

audidudi wrote:

ap305 wrote:

N502DN has been sitting in DTW for 5 days after the return from ICN.

I never did get a reply as to why it went tech for 3 days at ICN one week ago, and then spent another 5 days at DTW. I'm certain that someone on here knows what happened! It's now scheduled to return to service this afternoon.

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N502DN

It had lost yellow system hydraulics, and from what I heard, Airbus had to send a field team out to come and take a look at it so they could ferry it back.

An interesting tidbit is the 350 only has 2 hydraulic systems.

777Mech wrote:

audidudi wrote:

ap305 wrote:

N502DN has been sitting in DTW for 5 days after the return from ICN.

I never did get a reply as to why it went tech for 3 days at ICN one week ago, and then spent another 5 days at DTW. I'm certain that someone on here knows what happened! It's now scheduled to return to service this afternoon.

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N502DN

It had lost yellow system hydraulics, and from what I heard, Airbus had to send a field team out to come and take a look at it so they could ferry it back.

An interesting tidbit is the 350 only has 2 hydraulic systems.

It actually operated as DL158A last Tuesday night. I was in the KE Lounge in T2 that evening, and when I left to board my 8pm flight, there were plenty of Americans still there who were flying back on it; thus it was not a ferry flight back to DTW, it was an extra flight carrying passengers, though probably was not full! Most of this info was already reported in my reply #370 above!

audidudi wrote:

777Mech wrote:

audidudi wrote:

I never did get a reply as to why it went tech for 3 days at ICN one week ago, and then spent another 5 days at DTW. I'm certain that someone on here knows what happened! It's now scheduled to return to service this afternoon.

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N502DN

It had lost yellow system hydraulics, and from what I heard, Airbus had to send a field team out to come and take a look at it so they could ferry it back.

An interesting tidbit is the 350 only has 2 hydraulic systems.

It actually operated as DL158A last Tuesday night. I was in the KE Lounge in T2 that evening, and when I left to board my 8pm flight, there were plenty of Americans still there who were flying back on it; thus it was not a ferry flight back to DTW, it was an extra flight carrying passengers, though probably was not full! Most of this info was already reported in my reply #370 above!

She’s finally back in the air.

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N502DN

Noteworthy Aircraft Activity 4/29
763: unscheduled upgrade from 752 on ATL-MCO-ATL route (N1402A)
763ER-high J: GRU-JFK flight cancelled - tech (N169DZ)
763ER-low J: unscheduled upgrade from 739 on MCO-ATL route - maintenance swap (N188DN)
763ER-low J: unscheduled upgrade from 739 on ATL-MCO route - maintenance exit L-to-Z [7 days] (N174DZ)
332: MSP-ATL ferry flight - maintenance exit [14 days] (N853NW)
332: ATL-MSP ferry flight - maintenance entry (N855NW)
332: DTW-ATL ferry flight - aircraft repositioning (N857NW)
77L: unscheduled swap from 772 on HND-MSP route (N704DK)
77L: ATL-DTW ferry flight - aircraft repositioning (N709DN)
77L: unscheduled swap from 359 on DTW-AMS-DTW route (N709DN)

Question for you all. I am flying to Amsterdam tomorrow on Delta. The flight is almost always been a A 330-300. On occaison it goes to a
A330-200. It was an A330 when my wife and I booked it a few weeks ago. Its now changed to a 777-200ER for just the day we are flying. Then it returns back to the Airbus. Can anyone tell me why Delta would do just a one day change of aircraft. I could understand it if it was a last minute switch but this aircraft change was made weeks ago. I am not complaining....I have never flown on a 777 so I am looking forward to this trip. We also go Delta comfort so it should be nice.....Thanks in advance. I know someone out thereknows why this happened...

Tomsixty2 wrote:

Question for you all. I am flying to Amsterdam tomorrow on Delta. The flight is almost always been a A 330-300. On occaison it goes to a
A330-200. It was an A330 when my wife and I booked it a few weeks ago. Its now changed to a 777-200ER for just the day we are flying. Then it returns back to the Airbus. Can anyone tell me why Delta would do just a one day change of aircraft. I could understand it if it was a last minute switch but this aircraft change was made weeks ago. I am not complaining....I have never flown on a 777 so I am looking forward to this trip. We also go Delta comfort so it should be nice.....Thanks in advance. I know someone out thereknows why this happened...

It's likely that the A330 that was initially on your route has to undergo a routine maintenance check (which the airline can plan weeks in advance, or up to the very last minute). Normally, Delta would just substitute in another A330, but there many not have been any available at that time.

G500Captain wrote:

audidudi wrote:

777Mech wrote:

It had lost yellow system hydraulics, and from what I heard, Airbus had to send a field team out to come and take a look at it so they could ferry it back.

An interesting tidbit is the 350 only has 2 hydraulic systems.

It actually operated as DL158A last Tuesday night. I was in the KE Lounge in T2 that evening, and when I left to board my 8pm flight, there were plenty of Americans still there who were flying back on it; thus it was not a ferry flight back to DTW, it was an extra flight carrying passengers, though probably was not full! Most of this info was already reported in my reply #370 above!

She’s finally back in the air.

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N502DN

Yup! It's gonna land at ATL in T-minus 1 hour from now!

Tomsixty2 wrote:

Question for you all. I am flying to Amsterdam tomorrow on Delta. The flight is almost always been a A 330-300. On occaison it goes to a
A330-200. It was an A330 when my wife and I booked it a few weeks ago. Its now changed to a 777-200ER for just the day we are flying. Then it returns back to the Airbus. Can anyone tell me why Delta would do just a one day change of aircraft. I could understand it if it was a last minute switch but this aircraft change was made weeks ago. I am not complaining....I have never flown on a 777 so I am looking forward to this trip. We also go Delta comfort so it should be nice.....Thanks in advance. I know someone out thereknows why this happened...

Not much of an expert, but I know sometimes they would do that for an equipment swap, for example the A330-300 you were gonna fly must had a schedule to go to maintenance that day and was gonna be switched to an available aircraft that was not running at the time, in this case the 777 took over that date for the flight. Hope this helps and hope you have an awesome flight, I love the 777 aircrafts!

Thanks for the fast respose to my aircraft swap question. I hope I enjoy the 777 as much as I did the A330-300 last time we went to Europe. Thanks again to everyone.....

Tomsixty2 wrote:

Thanks for the fast respose to my aircraft swap question. I hope I enjoy the 777 as much as I did the A330-300 last time we went to Europe. Thanks again to everyone.....

Actually 5/1 is significant route/aircraft swap date for DL as a number of routes are changing aircraft type effective that day (for summer scheduled). As a result, there are a number of one-off pre-planeed substitutions to allow a smooth transition of those routes.
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That makes sense.....

Tomsixty2 wrote:

Thanks for the fast respose to my aircraft swap question. I hope I enjoy the 777 as much as I did the A330-300 last time we went to Europe. Thanks again to everyone.....

N865DA is currently on its way from SEA to FAI to do what looks to be a quick military charter to McChord AFB. it will reposition to SEA and be the 777 you will ride on to AMS. N801NW is scheduled to fly DL143 tomorrow to SEA and currently does not have anything filed as to where it will go next.

777Mech wrote:

audidudi wrote:

ap305 wrote:

N502DN has been sitting in DTW for 5 days after the return from ICN.

I never did get a reply as to why it went tech for 3 days at ICN one week ago, and then spent another 5 days at DTW. I'm certain that someone on here knows what happened! It's now scheduled to return to service this afternoon.

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N502DN

It had lost yellow system hydraulics, and from what I heard, Airbus had to send a field team out to come and take a look at it so they could ferry it back.

An interesting tidbit is the 350 only has 2 hydraulic systems.

Completely lost yellow hydraulics and the #2 eng yellow pump ran for quite a while with no hydraulics. Airbus was sent to assist. It stayed in DTW to complete repairs on some hydraulic lines and the engine hydraulic pump.

G500 Captain....WOW THANKS

763ER - N172DN has had an accident with it's right winglet....sitting in JFK SkyClub and watching the Police and grounds control investigate. Any one have more information as to what happened? It has a huge dent in the front and a gash along the side. Did it run into something while taxiing?

OptimusPrime315 wrote:

763ER - N172DN has had an accident with it's right winglet....sitting in JFK (New York, United States) SkyClub and watching the Police and grounds control investigate. Any one have more information as to what happened? It has a huge dent in the front and a gash along the side. Did it run into something while taxiing?

According to FlightAware, it arrived from Nice at 2.53 pm at Gate 30. Was it at the same gate when you saw it? A lot of DL aircraft are towed off-stand to a remote stand to free up gate space, prior to flying somewhere later that evening.

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N172DN

@audidudi yes it was at Gate 30. They towed it out to free space once the inspection was complete, it was probably at about 4:15pm. They had 4 police, 5 or 6 ground control cars and 3 fire trucks at one point surrounding the aircraft. Delta agents were constantly taking pictures and monitoring the whole situation. My other thought was maybe a large birdstrike, but not sure how it would have gashed the side of it.

OptimusPrime315 wrote:

@audidudi yes it was at Gate 30. They towed it out to free space once the inspection was complete, it was probably at about 4:15pm. They had 4 police, 5 or 6 ground control cars and 3 fire trucks at one point surrounding the aircraft. Delta agents were constantly taking pictures and monitoring the whole situation. My other thought was maybe a large birdstrike, but not sure how it would have gashed the side of it.

Well that's a weird one! I'm trying to think what is tall enough to hit the winglet? And is the gash at the front of the wing or at the end of the wing near the winglet? I guess you didn't take any pics?

Noteworthy Aircraft Activity 4/30
763ER-high J: unscheduled upgrade from 753 on MSP-MCO-MSP route (N175DN)
763ER-high J: GRU-JFK ferry flight following previous day cancellation (N169DZ)
763ER-low J: MSP-ATL ferry flight - aircraft repositioning (N190DN)
763ER-low J: unscheduled upgrade from 752 on ATL-MCO route (N190DN)
763ER-low J: unscheduled upgrade from 752 on MCO-ATL route (N191DN)
763ER-low J: LAX-AMA ferry flight - paint entry (N195DN)
763ER-low J: AMA-LAX ferry flight - paint exit [12 days] (N197DN)
764: unscheduled upgrade from 739 on ATL-DEN-ATL route (N839MH)
772: scheduled swap from 333 on MSP-AMS-ATL route (N860DA)
772: SEA-FAI-TCM-SEA military charter (N865DA)
772: DTW-ATL ferry flight - aircraft repositioning (N866DA)
772: unscheduled swap from 77L on ATL-NRT-ATL route (N866DA)
77L: unscheduled swap from 772 on MSP-HND route (N704DK)
77L: DTW-ATL ferry flight - aircraft repositioning (N709DN)
333: ATL-JFK ferry flight - aircraft repositioning (N808NW)
333: MSP-CDG route migrates from 772 effective 4/30 (N809NW)

Noteworthy Aircraft Activity 5/1
763ER-high J: JFK-BOS ferry flight - aircraft repositioning (N176DN)
763ER-high J: unscheduled swap from low J on JFK-AMS route (N183DN)
763ER-high J: ATL-NBW-BIF-ATL military charter (N184DN)
763ER-high J: BOS-JFK ferry flight - aircraft repositioning (N1604R)
763ER-low J: unscheduled swap from high J on NRT-SIN-NRT route (N152DL)
763ER-low J: scheduled upgrade from 752 on JFK-SFO-JFK route (N197DN)
763ER-low J: unscheduled upgrade from 752 on JFK-SFO-JFK route (N173DZ)
763ER-low J: SLC-ATL ferry flight - aircraft repositioning (N176DZ)
332: 1x daily DTW-AMS flight migrates from 333 effective 5/1 (N860NW)
764: 6pm JFK-LAX flight migrates from 763ER-low J effective 5/1 (N825MH)
764: scheduled upgrade from 320 on JFK-ATL route (N826MH)
764: 8am JFK-LAX flight migrates from 763ER-low J effective 5/1 (N834MH)
764: ATL-STR flight migrates from 763ER-high J effective 5/1 (N844MH)
764: 8am JFK-SFO flight migrates to 752 effective 5/1
772: scheduled swap from 333 on SEA-AMS-SEA route (N864DA)
77L: 1x daily ATL-AMS flight migrates from 333 effective 5/1 (N702DN)
77L: unscheduled swap from 772 on HND-LAX-HND route (N704DK)
333: JFK-ATH route migrates from 764 effective 5/1 (N814NW)

@audidudi. Here is some pictures of N172DN that I took yesterday. The SkyClub did not extend any further to get a better picture of the side where most of the inspectors were taking photos...

https://www.flickr.com/photos/smstephan/26984549867/in/dateposted-public/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/smstephan/27984107498/in/dateposted-public/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/smstephan/27984107588/in/dateposted-public/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/smstephan/26984550117/in/dateposted-public/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/smstephan/26984550417/in/dateposted-public/

OptimusPrime315 wrote:

@audidudi. Here is some pictures of N172DN that I took yesterday. The SkyClub did not extend any further to get a better picture of the side where most of the inspectors were taking photos...

https://www.flickr.com/photos/smstephan/26984549867/in/dateposted-public/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/smstephan/27984107498/in/dateposted-public/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/smstephan/27984107588/in/dateposted-public/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/smstephan/26984550117/in/dateposted-public/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/smstephan/26984550417/in/dateposted-public/

Yeah, that looks more likely to be either a bird strike or FOD damage. The only other possibility would be it hit another aircraft during taxi and they didn’t stay at the scene.

Noteworthy Aircraft Activity 5/2
763ER-high J: unscheduled swap from low-J on AMS-SLC-AMS route (N183DN)
763ER-high J: ATL-BOS ferry flight - aircraft repositioning (N184DN)
763ER-high J: unscheduled swap from low-J on BOS-CDG route (N184DN)
763ER-high J: unscheduled swap from low-J on NRT-PVG-NRT route (N1611B)
763ER-low J: SIN-NRT ferry flight following previous day cancellation (N152DL)
763ER-low J: BOS-JFK ferry flight - aircraft repositioning (N156DL)
763ER-low J: 6pm JFK-SFO migrates from 764 effective 5/2 (N394DL)
763ER-low J: unscheduled swap from high-J on NRT-SIN-NRT route (N189DN)
763ER-low J: CAN-NRT ferry flight - maintenance exit [15 days] (N193DN)
763ER-low J: unscheduled upgrade from 752 on JFK-SFO-JFK route (N1602)
763ER-low: ATL-SCL migrates from high-J effective 5/2 - maintenance exit L-to-Z [9 days] (N1603)
764: unscheduled upgrade from 763 on ATL-SLC-ATL route (N839MH)
772: unscheduled swap from 333 on ATL-CDG-ATL route (N860DA)
77L: unscheduled swap from 772 on HND-MSP route (N704DK)
77L: unscheduled upgrade from 738 on MSP-ATL route (N704DK)
333: unscheduled upgrade from 332 on DTW-AMS route (N816NW)
333: MSP-AMS commercial flight - maintenance exit [11 days] (N827NW)

Hey guys! New user--this (and the 2017 post) got me to sign up

I'm looking at flying ATL-LAX this coming summer, and I know that DL1255 (typically departing ATL just before 9AM) is often a B77L. As a Delta Diamond, I'd much rather get upgraded to the D1 seat (even with "First" service) than to a normal "First Class" seat.

Looking through flights, I noticed that the flight switches to the 767 with First, then later to a 757-300!! Since the 77L usually continues on to do LAX-PVG and will be changing to the A350, will what widebodies will be doing domestic routes from LAX (other than JFK, of course)?

Thanks!

Kev123 wrote:

Hey guys! New user--this (and the 2017 post) got me to sign up

I'm looking at flying ATL-LAX this coming summer, and I know that DL1255 (typically departing ATL just before 9AM) is often a B77L. As a Delta Diamond, I'd much rather get upgraded to the D1 seat (even with "First" service) than to a normal "First Class" seat.

Looking through flights, I noticed that the flight switches to the 767 with First, then later to a 757-300!! Since the 77L usually continues on to do LAX-PVG and will be changing to the A350, will what widebodies will be doing domestic routes from LAX (other than JFK, of course)?

Thanks!

The only widebody aircraft I see from ATL is the 777-200LR. There use to be two widebodies that headed straight to LAX (The other being the 767-400ER), not to many options these days since there a lot of 737-900ERs, A321-200s, and 757-200/300s that do just the job.

OptimusPrime315 wrote:

@audidudi. Here is some pictures of N172DN that I took yesterday. The SkyClub did not extend any further to get a better picture of the side where most of the inspectors were taking photos...

https://www.flickr.com/photos/smstephan/26984549867/in/dateposted-public/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/smstephan/27984107498/in/dateposted-public/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/smstephan/27984107588/in/dateposted-public/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/smstephan/26984550117/in/dateposted-public/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/smstephan/26984550417/in/dateposted-public/

N172DN winglet collided with a Endeavor CRJ-900 vertical stabilizer while taxiing to gate B30. The 767 hit the CR9 while trying to go around it.