Officials have confirmed that the flight experienced a fuel emergency after being placed in a holding pattern by Savannah-Hilton Head International Airport due to an electrical storm in the area.
Delta Flight 1947 landed at 4 p.m. Friday at Hunter Army Airfield. The flight is awaiting a chance to take off to land again at Savannah-Hilton Head International Airport.
However, Stormtracker radar is showing that the current storm will be holding out for at least an hour.
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A commercial aircraft Friday afternoon made an emergency landing at Hunter Army Airfield after experiencing low fuel, an Army spokesman said.
Delta Flight 1947 safely landed just before 4 p.m. at the Savannah Army post after circling for an extended period of time to avoid dangerous weather in the area, said Steve Hart, Hunter spokesman.
The plane had been en route to Savannah from LaGuardia Airport in New York City.
The 155 passengers who’d been on the MD-88 aircraft safely deplaned at Hunter where they were escorted into Truscott Air Terminal to await the end of the storm.
The passengers were expected to be either flown or bussed to Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport after the storm had passed.
Lori Lynah, the airport’s spokeswoman, said it was an unusual and unprecedented situation.
“We’re a diversion airport,” she said. “When there’s an emergency planes have landed at Savannah instead of Atlanta or Charleston, but this is very unusual. To my knowledge we’ve never had to land a plane at Hunter before.”
- Source: http://savannahnow.com
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