DL286 - Incident: Delta A333 near Paris on May 19th 2026

A Delta Airlines Airbus A330-300, registration N818NW performing flight DL-286 (dep May 18th) from New York JFK,NY (USA) to Milan (Italy), was enroute at FL370 about 140nm south of Paris (France) when the crew decided to divert to Paris Charles de Gaulle after the left hand engine (PW4168) emitted series of sparks. The aircraft landed safely on runway 26R about 45 minutes later.

A replacement Airbus A330-900 registration N436DX reached Milan with a delay of about 8:15 hours.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Paris 62 hours (2 days 14 hours) after landing.