DL2846 - Incident: Delta B752 near Albuquerque on Nov 1st 2022
Created Wednesday, Nov 2nd 2022 14:13Z, last updated Wednesday, Nov 2nd 2022 14:13Z
A Delta Airlines Boeing 757-200, registration N819DX performing flight DL-2846 from Atlanta,GA to Los Angeles,CA (USA) with 193 passengers and 6 crew, was enroute at FL360 about 210nm east of Albuquerque,NM (USA) when the crew initiated a normal descent to FL290, then declared emergency reporting smoke on board. The aircraft continued the descent to 12000 feet and landed on Albuquerque's runway 08 about 50 minutes after leaving FL360.
The airline reported the crew observed a performance problem with one of the engines (PW2037) prompting them to divert, at about the same time smoke was observed in the cabin.
Passengers reported there was suddenly smoke in the cabin. The captain announced some minutes later one of the engines was shut down.
Scene on board:
Source: The Aviation Herald · #DL2846 on X