New Delhi, Oct. 27 -- A Delta Air Lines (DL) flight attendant accidentally deployed an emergency evacuation slide on an Airbus A220 at Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) on Saturday evening (October 25, 2025).

This led to damages estimated at around $70,000, Aviation Z2Z report claimed. The flight wound up also got delayed by four hours, from 5:30 pm to 9:11 pm.

The 1L boarding door was opened while armed, so the slide auto‑deployed onto the ramp.

The crew member, a veteran with 26 years of experience, mistakenly lifted the door handle after arming it for departure, triggering the automatic deployment of the forward left-hand slide - the same door used for the jetbridge connection.

As the aircraft prepared for pushback, flig...