A Delta Air Lines flight from Atlanta to Savannah Monday had to be towed to the gate after landing, a Delta spokesman said. Delta flight 339 landed "long" at Savannah-Hilton Head Airport at 12:20 p.m. The plane past the point it could turn and taxi back to the airport, spokesman Anthony Black said. A so-called "tug" was needed to tow the plane to the gate because aircraft cannot back up on its’ own.
There was heavy rain in the area
as the plane tried to land. Local news
outlet originally reported that the plane “Overshot” the runway in Savannah,
citing officials at the airport. The
plane was at the gate about 35 minutes after its scheduled time, Delta’s
spokesman said. He disputed that report
calling the landing “long”. The Flight had 51 passengers with five crew members
on board. None was reported to be injured.
Monday’s incident comes on the heels of a crash landing of a Delta plane at John F. Kennedy Airport Saturday. The right-side landing gear of Delta Connection Flight 4951 was stuck; sending sparks flying as the plane landed on the runway. The voice of a flight attendant yelling “heads down, stay down” from that flight continued to be broadcast on national media outlets on Monday. On Sept. 24, Delta Flight 2124 headed to Baltimore-Washington International Airport returned to Atlanta when the plane’s nose gear was unable to retract, Delta officials said. Six days before that, smoke in the cockpit caused a Delta flight bound for St. Louis made an emergency landing in Cape Girardeau, Mo.
