Delta Flight DL055D from Lagos forced to divert to Accra after fire incident

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:02):
According to the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority NCAA, Delta Airlines
flight d L zero five five from Lagos, Nigeria to Atlanta,
United States, was forced to make an emergency landing in Accra,
Ghana on Tuesday, September twenty three, twenty twenty five, due

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to an oven fire on board. While the fire was
quickly contained and did not endanger passengers, the delay caused
the crew to exceed their duty time, preventing them from
continuing to Atlanta scheduled. Stranded passengers were rebooked on other flights,
including a Delta Crown New York flight. In flights with

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other airlines like Air France, British Airways KLM, and Liftanza.
Flight DL zero five five finally departed from Across on
September twenty five, twenty twenty five. In related news, Delta
also canceled its inbound flight from Atlanta to Lagos, scheduled
for Thursday, September twenty five, twenty twenty five. Affected passengers

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were provided with hotel accommodations.