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Delta A330-300 (DL104) returns to São Paulo after left-engine failure and fire

Delta Air Lines flight DL104, an Airbus A330-300 (N813NW) with 272 passengers and 14 crew, returned to São Paulo-Guarulhos after its left engine failed and caught fire shortly after takeoff en route to Atlanta on March 29. Crew declared an emergency and landed safely ten minutes later; no injuries reported.

Discovered 2026-03-29T22:00:22.075395-07:00 | 2026-03-29T22:00:22.075395-07:00

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What Hype is tracking

  • The aircraft returned safely with 272 passengers and 14 crew after a left-engine failure and engine fire; no injuries were reported, underscoring effective crew response and emergency procedures.
  • This incident adds to a string of recent in-flight engine failures and fires among long-haul twinjets, including a United 787 left-engine fire that led to an emergency evacuation (source:42f56691-fa0c-45b8-8729-69a93b5e2fe4) and an A330 engine fire/diversion earlier this year (source:97c4fd42-eedb-4c81-b7a8-b396ee53e2c9).
  • Operators, OEMs and regulators will focus on post-incident inspections and data from the A330's engine to assess whether maintenance, manufacturing or operational factors require changes to procedures or airworthiness directives (see related return-to-field and engine-failure cases for context: source:961e1a57-8270-4b6f-85df-a5d4d31011ee).

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2026-03-29T22:00:22.075395-07:00
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2026-04-02T12:01:40.350621-07:00
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