Delta 767-300 lands on taxiway at Atlanta

Delta Air Lines (Atlanta) has suspended the flight crew and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is investigating an incident at Atlanta (ATL) on Monday morning (October 19) before 0600 local time. The Boeing 767-300 with 183 passengers and 12 crew operating as flight DL 60 from Rio de Janeiro landed safely on taxiway N (north of the assigned runway 27R) according to published reports. Fortunately there were no other aircraft on the taxiway at the time.

News link:

www.ajc.com/news/delta-flight-lands-on-167519.html

Airport diagram:

204.108.4.16/d-tpp/0911/00026AD.PDF

AG Photo Link:

airlinersgallery.com/2/7e53f/#/gallery/delta-air-lines/