Last updated: 5 August 2020
| Status: | Definitief |
| Datum: | donderdag 4 april 2019 |
| Tijd: | 20:17 |
| Type: |  McDonnell Douglas MD-88 |
| Luchtvaartmaatschappij: | Delta Air Lines |
| Registratie: | N977DL |
| Constructienummer: | 53258/1848 |
| Bouwjaar: | 1991 |
| Aantal vlieguren: | 72944 |
| Motoren: | 2 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-219 |
| Bemanning: | slachtoffers: 0 / inzittenden: |
| Passagiers: | slachtoffers: 0 / inzittenden: |
| Totaal: | slachtoffers: 0 / inzittenden: |
| Schade: | Groot |
| Gevolgen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Plaats: | Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, GA (ATL) ( Verenigde Staten)
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| Fase: | Taxi (TXI) |
| Soort vlucht: | Binnenlandse lijnvlucht |
| Vliegveld van vertrek: | Syracuse-Hancock International Airport, NY (SYR/KSYR), Verenigde Staten |
| Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, GA (ATL/KATL), Verenigde Staten | |
| Vluchtnummer: | DL1276 |
Delta Airlines Flight 1276, was struck by a tug while taxing. The tug driver received minor injures.
Night visual conditions with light rain prevailed at the time of the accident.
The captain reported that after landing at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, ATC cleared the flight to enter the Ramp 2 east taxi lane and taxi to gate B14. The captain indicated that as they began to turn right into the ramp, Ramp Control instructed flight 1276 to give way to opposite direction traffic. As the captain was looking forward to identify the traffic, the first officer called out, "Stop, Stop, Stop!" The captain immediately applied full brakes. The flight crew then heard and felt an impact coming from the right side of the forward fuselage.
The pilots notified ramp control and held position. Ground support personnel arrived quickly to assist. The ground personnel told the pilot via inter-phone that a tug and baggage cart had impacted the fuselage and was against the nose gear. Ground personnel reported to the crew that the tug driver was OK but that he did not know where he was or how he got there.
Probable Cause:
Probable cause: "Failure of the tug driver to give way to the taxiing airplane."
Accident investigation:
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Kaart
Deze kaart geeft het vliegveld van vetrek weer en de geplande bestemming van de vlucht. De lijn tussen de vliegvelden geeft niet de exacte vliegroute weer.
De afstand tussen Syracuse-Hancock International Airport, NY en Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, GA bedraagt 1268 km (793 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
De afstand tussen Syracuse-Hancock International Airport, NY en Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, GA bedraagt 1268 km (793 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
