Delta Air Lines Flight DL834 Miami-New York Declares Emergency

A Delta Air Lines flight enroute to New York from Miami has declared an emergency, squawking transponder code 7700.

Delta Air Lines flight DL834, operated by a Boeing 737-800, declared the emergency shortly after leaving cruising flight on descent. The flight appears to be continuing to the destination New York LaGuardia Airport.

Delta Air Lines DL834 Miami-New York

Flight crew squawked transponder code 7700 at 0206 UTC as the flight descended to FL280 on track for the destination. The nature of the emergency is not yet known.

02:29 UTC: Diversion to New York (JFK)

Delta flight DL834 now appears to be making good a diversion to New York John F Kennedy International Airport (JFK).

Flight crew are maintaining transponder code 7700 for emergency priority. The flight has now left flight level FL280, on descent for New York.

The aircraft conducting the DL834 service from Miami International Airport (MIA) is a Boeing 737-800, registered N377DA. This is a 26.2 year old narrowbody aircraft belonging to the carrier Delta Air Lines.

It has been in operational service with the airline since its initial delivery from the factory in May 1999.

02:37 UTC: Approach to New York (JFK)

Flight DL834 has continued its descent, passing through FL180 on approach to the diversion airport New York (JFK).

Weather for the flight’s arrival in New York (JFK) is visual conditions (VFR) with runways 22 and 31 active.