KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Delta flight from Kansas City International Airport to Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport diverted to St. Louis Monday night due to a mechanical issue.
Delta Flight 1660, a Boeing 737-900 with 175 people on board, took off from MCI just after 5:30 p.m. Monday.
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The flight was on a southeasterly path through Missouri sometime after 6:30 p.m., the pilots received a mechanical indication in the cockpit and requested priority landing into St. Louis Lambert International Airport.
The flight landed without incident in St. Louis around 7:20 p.m.
A Delta spokesperson said passengers were boarded onto a different aircraft later in the evening and continued their trip to Atlanta.
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