"Delta Air Lines Flight 389 took off from Detroit around 10:30 a.m. local time on Saturday and was scheduled to land in Shanghai within 16 hours. However, flight-tracking data shows that nearly five hours into the journey, the Airbus A350 changed course just off the Alaskan coast near Juneau. It rerouted to Los Angeles, around 2,000 miles off course as the crow flies, touching down three and a half hours later."
"A Delta Air Lines spokesperson told Business Insider the flight diverted "due to a sick crew member." Air traffic control audio published by LiveATC.net appears to show that one of the pilots was unwell."
""The flight landed without incident and taxied to the gate," the spokesperson added. "We apologize to our customers for the delay in their travel." While Los Angeles wasn't the nearest airport, it is one of Delta's hub airports and a key destination for the A350, making it simpler to find a replacement crew member. After three and a half hours on the ground, the A350 took off again from LAX, per data from Flightradar24."
Delta Air Lines Flight 389 departed Detroit around 10:30 a.m. for Shanghai with an expected 16-hour journey. Nearly five hours into the flight the Airbus A350 changed course near Juneau, Alaska, and diverted about 2,000 miles to Los Angeles due to a sick crew member. The aircraft landed approximately three and a half hours after the diversion and remained on the ground while a replacement crew was arranged. The plane departed LAX and completed the nearly 13-hour flight to Shanghai, arriving around 11 p.m., roughly nine hours later than the original scheduled arrival.
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