Three Minnesotans aboard two Delta Air Lines flights from Amsterdam on Sunday bit into turkey sandwiches that contained inch-long needles, prompting an international investigation led by the FBI.
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One of the passengers who bit into a sandwich and punctured his mouth on a needle on a Minneapolis-bound Delta flight, John Tonjes of Plymouth, now faces sleepless nights as he worries about health risks. Meanwhile, an international investigation is focused on a food preparation area at the airport in Amsterdam. And experts speculate that it was not the work of terrorists.
A Delta flight with dozens of Minneapolis high school students on board made an emergency landing just minutes after taking off from New York's LaGuardia Airport. The plane landed safely at John F. Kennedy Airport. No one was injured. The emergency came after the pilot smelled smoke.
The government says Delta Air Lines Inc. continues to improve its customer service and on-time statistics. Delta's flights were on time 87.3 percent of the time in the first quarter, good for third-best out of the 18 major carriers, according to a report released Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Transportation.
U.S. airlines are more punctual and less likely to lose luggage than at any time in more than two decades – and Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport is near the top of the list when it comes to on-time flights, the Associated Press reports.
The airline says higher fares are the only way to keep up with rising fuel costs. Delta spent $1 billion more on fuel in this year's third quarter than last year's.
Earlier this summer, Delta Air Lines announced plans to shut down its shrunken, 35-year-old regional carrier Comair by Sept. 29. Minnesota passengers won't notice the change much.
The Delta Air Lines plane was headed to Orlando when an indicator light came on shortly after takeoff. WCCO reports the pilot shut down the engine and safely returned to the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport Friday night.
Responding to Delta Airlines' impending removal of air services to Hibbing, city officials are stressing the flight-traffic need for the Iron Range community of 16,000. They claim the city's iron-ore industry it too dependent on the airline to be left grounded. A city council member says "If that isn’t greed, what is it?" Delta recently announced plans to scale-back or drop service to 24 small market cities nationwide.
