Delta flight makes emergency landing and rolls off runway at JFK airport

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A Delta flight had to make an emergency landing at Kennedy Airport Wednesday evening because of hydraulic pressure problems, officials say. Delta Flight 886 was scheduled to land at LaGuardia but had to divert to Kennedy when the plane's hydraulic pressure fell, according to a Port Authority official. It skidded off the runway and into a grassy area after making the emergency landing around 9 p.m. The crew was organized and calm and explained everything clearly to the passengers, they said. There were no injuries to any of the 118 passengers or the flight crew.
"It wasn't traveling fast when it happened," Scott one of the passengers said. "They landed normally at JFK, but once they were taxiing to the gate, the aircraft exited the taxi-way and ended up in the grassy area." There were no reports of injuries, and passengers were disembarked and shuttled to a terminal. The twin-engine, single-aisle McDonnell Douglas MD-88 left at about 6:45 p.m. Eastern Time (22:45 GMT) and landed at JFK at about 9 p.m. Eastern Time. A cockpit indicator signaled a problem with the hydraulic system, which controls multiple systems, including the brakes, as the roughly 147-ft (44.8-m) plane was descending into the New York area. Delta maintenance crews, who towed the aircraft out of the grass, were evaluating the plane to determine if there was a mechanical failure.