| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | July 06, 1996 |
| Time: | 1542 |
| Location: | Pensacola, Florida |
| Operator: | Delta Air Lines |
| Flight #: | 1288 |
| Route: | Pensacola - Atlanta |
| AC Type: | McDonnell Douglas MD-88 |
| Registration: | N927DA |
| cn / ln: | 49714/1524 |
| Aboard: | 142 (passengers:137 crew:5) |
| Fatalities: | 2 (passengers:2 crew:0) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | Fan disk separation in the left engine. Pieces of the engine penetrated the passenger cabin killing two passengers. The fan hub for the left engine was found to be fractured and went undetected at time of manufacture. The crack should have been detectable during inspection but was missed. |
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