Delta Air Lines Crashes

Handling Complex Aviation Litigation Against Delta

Wisner Baum is a nationally-recognized law firm with an extensive history of providing legal representation in aviation accidents, both commercial and private. Throughout our almost 50-year history, we have represented plaintiffs against the majority of commercial U.S. airlines involved in a crash and nearly two dozen foreign air carriers as well – including crashes involving Delta Air Lines.

Serving clients nationwide from our Los Angeles offices, our attorneys are highly skilled and respected, and have fought hard to improve safety in the aviation industry while also recovering hundreds of millions of dollars for people affected by plane crashes. Our legal experience includes litigation against Delta Air Lines and other major airline carriers.

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A Snapshot of Delta Air Lines

Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Delta Air Lines, Inc., operates out of its major hubs located in Atlanta, Detroit, Los Angeles, Minneapolis-St. Paul, New York, Salt Lake City, and Seattle. The company began in 1928 as a crop-dusting service and air mail delivery.

As the company grew, it merged with or purchased other airlines, including:

• Northeast Airlines
• Western Airlines
• Northwest Airlines
• Chicago Air Lines
• Southern Air Lines

After decades of exponential growth, Delta now has major operations in nearly every region of the world and a mainline fleet of more than 800 aircraft. Delta, through its SkyTeam partners, operates approximately 15,000 flights each day, and also has joint venture partnerships with international partners, including Air France-KLM, Alitalia and Virgin Australia. Delta is part of the SkyTeam alliance, which includes 18 other member airlines.

Delta Air Lines also transports more than 180 million customers on an annual basis and offers flights to more than 304 destinations in 52 countries. The airline employs about 86,500 employees worldwide. In 2017, Delta Air Lines had pre-tax income of $5.5 billion.

Delta Air Lines’ Fleet

Delta’s fleet is one of the largest in the world, with 909 aircraft. The carrier’s fleet has a mix of Airbus, Boeing, and McDonnell Douglas aircraft, with Boeing making up more than half the airline’s planes.

The current fleet includes:

• Airbus A220-100 — 12 in service
• Airbus A220-300 — 0 in service (deliveries begin in 2020)
• Airbus A319-100 — 57 in service
• Airbus A320-200 — 62 in service
• Airbus A321-200 — 80 in service
• Airbus A321neo — 0 in service (deliveries begin in 2020)
• Airbus A330-200 — 11 in service
• Airbus A330-300 — 31 in service
• Airbus A330-900neo — 0 in service (deliveries began in 2019)
• Airbus A350-900 — 13 in service
• Boeing 717-200 — 91 in service
• Boeing 737-700 — 10 in service
• Boeing 737-800 — 77 in service
• Boeing 737-900ER — 126 in service
• Boeing 757-200 — 111 in service
• Boeing 757-300 — 16 in service
• Boeing 767 300ER — 57 in service
• Boeing 767-400 ER — 21 in service
• Boeing 777-200ER — 8 in service
• Boeing 777-200LR — 10 in service
• McDonnell Douglas MD-88 — 78 in service
• McDonnell Douglas MD-90-30 — 36 in service

Delta Airlines Accidents and Incidents

Unfortunately, since 1947, Delta has been involved in several accidents, resulting in the loss of over 300 people. Like all airlines, it can be plagued by negligence at every level, especially now that the company has grown to become an international airline giant. Whether your airplane accident was caused by a defective part, pilot error, inflight injury, or failure to maintain, our experienced team can help you navigate the process of filing a claim against Delta or its partner companies.

Case Study: A Hard Landing for Delta Airlines

A Delta Air Lines Boeing 757-200 experienced a hard landing at Ponta Delgada Airport on the island of Sao Miguel in the Azores, damaging the aircraft’s fuselage and its landing gear. Flight DL414 was carrying passengers on a seasonal route between JFK Airport in New York and the Azores when the runway incident occurred at around 8:30 a.m. local time on Sunday, Aug. 18, 2019.