The Cincinnati Bengals played the New England Patriots yesterday and after their win at Gillette Stadium, they drove 35 miles to Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport (PVD). Yeah, I’m not sure why they didn’t fly from Boston Logan International Airport (BOS), which is six miles shorter, but I’m guessing the reasons involved less traffic and convenience. RELATED: VIDEO: Odell Beckham Jr Escorted Off American Airlines Miami to LAX Flight The Delta Air Lines charter was supposed to fly to Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport in 95 minutes. The flight was diverted to John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York due to an engine problem. The team was in New York for more than two hours before their flight left at 11:30 pm.
Thanks to the internet and FlightAware.com, we can see the flightpath and learn of all the flight’s details including that it departed the PVD Gate at 7:35PM EST (it was scheduled for 6:00PM EST). It took off at 7:41PM EST and landed at New York’s JFK at 8:29PM EST and arrived at the gate at 8:46PM EST.
It's nerve-racking to hear the audio between the pilot and ATC, but it's amazing how calm and collected everyone is. There are 140 souls on board, the left engine is shut down, and the runway is clear for landing.
Mark Slaughter said that a person on the plane told him that it was okay. It was a safe landing. Mark said it was a Cincinnati Christmas miracle.
Delta 8861 #RuleTheJungle #CINvsNE https://t.co/ZV32Y0wHeG https://t.co/0bktDoKJ4k pic.twitter.com/oBWGWeS3Ua
— Sports + Aviation (@SportsAviation) December 25, 2022
A guy named Yid sent a picture of the team waiting at JFK for the new plane. The caption states thatBengals were waiting at JFK for a second plane after the first one had engine trouble and had to make an emergency landing. The photo was taken by Yid.
Lance said that Yid told him the experience was not as scary as mainstream media had made it out to be.
Yid tells me on a panic scale of
1 to a white knuckle 10, it was
“…a 3, maybe….not bad” https://t.co/cthWtx6K9r
— LanceMcAlister (@LanceMcAlister) December 25, 2022
The replacement plane took four hours and 39 minutes to land at CVG. You can see the picture below.
Unfortunately, I’ve been on multiple diversions and thanks to modern technology, they’ve (obviously) all had a happy ending. Some were more nerve racking than others but usually, the worst part is the inconvenience of having to wait for the plane to either be fixed or for a replacement plane to arrive. Fortunately for the Bengals team, they didn’t have to wait long but I’m guessing Delta’s going to have to give them a big discount and if I were the Bengals, I would demand they give them a new aircraft instead of the old 767, which is prone to mechanical problems. Do you remember in July when a popular YouTuber (Xiaomanyc) detailed his Delta flight from JFK to Ghana and it had to return midway through the trip? Yep, it was a 767.
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