What the records say
- When
- 6 Jul 1996
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 30.48° N, 87.19° W
- Description
- aviation accident
- Deaths
- 2
- Injured
- 5
Delta Air Lines Flight 1288
1996 fatal aviation accident during takeoff
Delta Air Lines Flight 1288 was a regularly scheduled flight from Pensacola, Florida, to Atlanta, Georgia. On July 6, 1996, the aircraft serving the flight, a McDonnell Douglas MD-88, was on takeoff roll from Runway 17 at Pensacola when it experienced an uncontained, catastrophic turbine engine failure that caused debris from the front compressor hub of the left engine to penetrate the left aft fuselage, killing 2 pa…
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