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‘I Need to Go to the Hospital,’ Delta Pilot Tells Air Traffic Control

The Boeing 757 diverted after the captain reported a medical episode, and Delta said the flight arrived about 1 hour and 39 minutes late.

Summary by Boston.com
The altitude read 39,000 feet. The speed was hovering around 600 mph. And the compass pointed due east. But just after crossing over Lake Michigan on Tuesday, a Delta Air Lines flight from Los Angeles to Boston declared an emergency, leaving its course hundreds of miles short of its destination. Flight 437 had to land. […]

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A Delta flight to Boston had to change course after the commander accused a malore during the trip and asked to be able to land as soon as possible. To rebuild the episode is the New York Post, according to which Delta Air Lines Flight 437, departing from the International Airport of Los Angeles (LAX) and [...] The article I am the commander, I am sick. I will take the plane to the gate and then I will go to hospital: the emergency in flight is …

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This is the moment the Delta captain tells the control tower that he was feeling sick and needed to go to the hospital. Flight DL437 departed Los Angeles International Airport at 10:45 a.m. Tuesday morning, August 25, bound for Boston Logan International Airport with 147 people on board. All […]

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New York Post broke the news in New York, United States on Thursday, August 27, 2026.
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