Delta Connection - Incidents and Accidents

Incidents and Accidents

• On August 21, 1995, Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 529, an Embraer Brasilia crashed near Carrollton, Georgia. Officials determined that a propeller blade loss and inability to feather the remaining blades caused the accident, which killed 8 of the 28 passengers and crew on board.
• On January 9, 1997, Delta Connection Flight / Comair Flight 3272, an Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia, crashed near Monroe, Michigan. The flight, which originated from Cincinnati, Ohio was on approach to Detroit. All 29 passengers and crew were killed when the plane crashed 18 miles from the airport. Officials say that ice buildup may have been a factor in the crash.
• On 27 August 2006, a Delta branded flight operated by Comair, Comair Flight 5191, crashed after takeoff at Lexington, Kentucky's Blue Grass Airport, with 47 passengers and three crew members on board. The first officer survived.
• On 11 April 2011, a Delta branded flight operated by Comair, Comair Flight 293, a Canadair CRJ-700 Jet (registration N641CA), was clipped on the tail, and rotated nearly 90° while taxiing to the gate at JFK. They were clipped by the wing of an Air France Airbus A380 operating as flight AF007, with service to Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport. No injuries were reported.
• On 26 April 2012, a Delta Connection Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet-100 was quarantined on the tarmac at Chicago-Midway International Airport with a female passenger with suspected "Monkey Pox". The flight was transported out of the airport with the help of a tug.